hotel

Meaning

1. A large town house or mansion; a grand private residence, especially in France.
2. An establishment that provides accommodation and other services for paying guests; normally larger than a guesthouse, and often one of a chain.
3. A restaurant; any dining establishment.
4. Alternative letter-case form of Hotel from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.
5. The larger red property in the game of Monopoly, in contradistinction to houses.
6. The guest accommodation and dining section of a cruise ship.
7. A pub.

Synonyms

inn

motel

hostel

guesthouse

restaurant

guest house

tavern

lodge

lodging

lodging house

hall

boarding house

guest-house

bedroom

public office

lodging place

wineshop

private dwelling

dakbungalow

rest-house for strangers

innkeeping

accomodation

bar

hewtle

building

bunkhouse

camp

caravansary

eating house

flophouse

hostelry

hostler

house

🏠

ostler

pub

public house

stopping place

Hyphenated as

ho‧tel

Pronounced as (IPA)

/(h)əʊˈtɛl/

Etymology

Borrowed from French hôtel, from Middle French hostel, from Old French ostel, from Late Latin hospitālis (“hospice, shelter, guesthouse”), from Latin hospitālis (“hospitable”). Doublet of hostel and hospital.

Sentences

A new luxury hotel will also be connected to this port .

In the Shoreland Hotel .

A lakeside hotel with three people rowing a boat in the lake .