motel

Significado (Inglés)

Noun

1. (also, attributive) A type of hotel or lodging establishment, often located near a major highway, which typically features a series of rooms whose entrances are immediately adjacent to a parking lot to facilitate convenient access to parked automobiles.
2. A low-cost short-stay hotel, often with hourly rates rather than daily rates, and notorious for permitting illicit sexual activities; love hotel.

Verb

To stay in a motel or motels.

Conceptos

motel

Sinónimos

hotel

🏨

inn

hostel

motor hotel

roadside hotel

motor inn

cabin court

road house

bedroom

motor court

court

lodge

lodging

motor lodge

tourist court

Traducciones

motel

Motel

motel

motel

autostello

motel

🏩

μοτέλ

motel

motel

ξενοδοχείο δι’ αυτοκινητίστας

موتيل

مُوتِيل

الفندق

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/moʊˈtɛl/

Etimología (Inglés)

Blend of motor + hotel, from the original Motel Inn of San Luis Obispo in California, USA, established in 1925 by Arthur Heineman (1878–1974).