"homestay" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: homestays [plural]
Etymology: home + stay, nowadays a reborrowing from Japanese ホームステイ (hōmusutei). Etymology templates: {{compound|en|home|stay}} home + stay, {{bor|en|ja|ホームステイ|tr=hōmusutei}} Japanese ホームステイ (hōmusutei) Head templates: {{en-noun}} homestay (plural homestays)
  1. A system whereby students, visiting a foreign country to study, board with a local family at an affordable price. Translations (Translations): 寄宿家庭 (jìsù jiātíng) (Chinese Mandarin), kotimajoitus (Finnish), Homestay [neuter] (German), családnál való/történő elhelyezés (Hungarian), ホームステイ (hōmusutei) (Japanese), 홈스테이 (homseutei) (Korean), inap desa (Malay), прожива́ние в семье́ (proživánije v semʹjé) [neuter] (Russian), хо́умстей (xóumstej) [masculine] (Russian), хоумсте́й (xoumstéj) [masculine] (Russian), โฮมสเตย์ (hoom-sà-dtee) (Thai)
    Sense id: en-homestay-en-noun-lKoEbbKz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 87 13 Disambiguation of 'Translations': 88 12
  2. A house used primarily as the residence of the owner but with the business of accommodating paying guests.
    Sense id: en-homestay-en-noun-Yujn3it7
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: home stay

Inflected forms

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