hotel

1. (historical) 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. (South-Asia) A restaurant; any dining establishment.
4. (alt-of) 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. (Australia, Canada, Western) A pub.

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.

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

Translations

hôtel

Hotel

🏨

albergo

🏨

hotel

🏨

hotel

🏨

ξενοδοχείο

hotel

🏨

hotel

🏨

hotel

otel

🏨

hotel

🏨

فندق

Gasthof

deversorium

Gasthaus

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 .