hotel

hotel

See also: Hotel, hotèl, hótel, hôtel, and hoṭél

Translingual

Noun

hotel

1. Alternative letter-case form of Hotel of the ICAO/NATO radiotelephony alphabet.

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English

Pere Marquette Hotel

Alternative forms

• hôtel (archaic)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /(h)əʊˈtɛl/
• (US) enPR: hō-tĕlʹ, IPA^(key): /hoʊˈtɛl/
• (Southern American English) IPA^(key): /ˈhoʊtɛl/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ɛl
• Hyphenation: ho‧tel

Noun

hotel (plural hotels)

1. (now chiefly historical) A large town house or mansion; a grand private residence, especially in France. [from 17th c.]
2. An establishment that provides accommodation and other services for paying guests; normally larger than a guesthouse, and often one of a chain. [from 17th c.]
   • 1868, "A Clergyman" (John Morison), Australia in 1866, page 165,

     When gold-digging commenced in California, the writer was staying at an hotel in Wellington, New Zealand, where a Yankee trader was also staying. Seated at the dining-table, the latter was discoursing of the business he was doing […] .

   • 2013 June 29, “High and wet”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8842, page 28:

     Floods in northern India, mostly in the small state of Uttarakhand, have wrought disaster on an enormous scale. The early, intense onset of the monsoon on June 14th swelled rivers, washing away roads, bridges, hotels and even whole villages. Rock-filled torrents smashed vehicles and homes, burying victims under rubble and sludge.

3. (South Asia) A restaurant; any dining establishment.
4. (international standards) 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) A pub

Usage notes

• The UK pronunciation omitting the initial h is in imitation of the French hôtel and is now considered old-fashioned.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:lodging place

Derived terms

• apartment hotel
• bee hotel
• boatel, botel
• boutique hotel
• capsule hotel
• carrier hotel
• condo hotel
• condo-hotel
• crossbar hotel
• crowbar hotel
• eco hotel
• floatel, flotel
• ghost hotel
• graybar hotel
• graybar hotel
• green hotel
• hotel-apartment
• hotelless
• hotellike
• hotel load
• hotel pan
• insect hotel
• love hotel
• love hotel
• medi-hotel
• military hotel
• motel
• motor hotel
• no-tell hotel
• pet hotel
• pod hotel
• public hotel
• welfare hotel
• wellness hotel
• where can I find a hotel

 

Related terms

• hostel

Descendants

• → Amharic: ሆቴል (hotel)
• → Assamese: হোটেল (hütel)
• → Bengali: হোটেল (hoṭel)
• → Burmese: ဟိုတယ် (huitai)
• → Hindi: होटल (hoṭal)
• → Japanese: ホテル (hoteru)
• → Khmer: ហោតិល (haotəl)
• → Korean: 호텔 (hotel)
• → Maori: hōtēra
• → Nepali: होटल (hoṭal)
• → Oromo: hoteela
• → Persian: هوتَل‎ (hôtal) (Dari)
• → Swahili: hoteli
• → Tamil: ஓட்டல் (ōṭṭal)
• → Thai: โฮเต็ล (hoo-dtel)
• → Tigrinya: ሆቴል (hotel)
• → Tok Pisin: hotel
• → Ukrainian: готе́ль (hotélʹ)
• → Urdu: ہوٹل‎ (hoṭal)

Translations

establishment providing accommodation

Abkhaz: асасааирҭа (asasaajrta) Afrikaans: hotel Albanian: hotel (sq) m Amharic: ሆቴል (hotel) Arabic: فُنْدُق‎ (ar) m (funduq), نُزْل‎ m (nuzl), أُوتِيل‎ m (ʾōtēl) Egyptian Arabic: فُنْدُق‎ m (fundoʾ), أُوتِيل‎ m (ʾotel), (archaic) لوكاندة‎ f (lukanda), (archaic) بنسيون‎ m (bansiyon) Hijazi Arabic: فُنْدُق‎ m (fundug) Moroccan Arabic: أوطيل‎ m (ʾuṭil), فندق‎ m (fandaq) South Levantine Arabic: فندق‎ m (funduʾ), أوتيل‎ m (ʾōtēl) Armenian: հյուրանոց (hy) (hyuranocʿ) Aromanian: utel m Assamese: হোটেল (hütel) Asturian: hotel m Azerbaijani: mehmanxana, otel Bashkir: ҡунаҡхана (qunaqxana) Basque: hotel (eu), ostatu Belarusian: гатэ́ль m (hatélʹ), гасці́ніца f (hascínica) Bengali: হোটেল (bn) (hoṭel) Bulgarian: хоте́л m (hotél) Burmese: ဟိုတယ် (my) (huitai) Catalan: hotel (ca) m Central Melanau: util Cherokee: ᏧᏂᏒᏍᏗᎢ (tsunisvsdii) Chinese: Cantonese: 旅館, 旅馆 (leoi5 gun2), 酒店 (zau2 dim3) Dungan: кифон (kifon) Hakka: 旅館, 旅馆 (lî-kón, lî-kòn) Mandarin: 旅館／旅馆 (zh) (lǚguǎn), 賓館／宾馆 (zh) (bīnguǎn), 飯店／饭店 (zh) (fàndiàn), 酒店 (zh) (jiǔdiàn), 招待所 (zh) (zhāodàisuǒ), 旅社 (zh) (lǚshè) Min Nan: 旅館 (zh-min-nan), 旅馆 (lí-koán, lú-koán), 旅社 (zh-min-nan) (lú-siā, lír-siǎ, lí-siā, lír-siā) Wu: 飯店, 饭店 (ve ti) Czech: hotel (cs) m Danish: hotel (da) n Dhivehi: ހޮޓާ‎ (hoṭā) Dutch: hotel (nl) n Esperanto: hotelo (eo) Estonian: hotell (et) Fijian: otela (fj) Finnish: hotelli (fi) French: hôtel (fr) m Galician: hotel (gl) m Georgian: სასტუმრო (sasṭumro) German: Hotel (de) n, Gasthof (de) m Greek: ξενοδοχείο (el) n (xenodocheío) Greenlandic: hoteli Gujarati: હોટેલ (hoṭel), હોટલ (hoṭal) Haitian Creole: otel Hausa: hotel Hawaiian: hōkele Hebrew: מָלוֹן‎ (he) m (malón) Hindi: होटल (hi) m (hoṭal) Hungarian: szálloda (hu), hotel (hu) Icelandic: hótel (is) n, gistihús n, gistiheimili n Ido: hotelo (io) Indonesian: hotel (id) Irish: óstán m Italian: albergo (it) m, hotel (it) m Japanese: ホテル (ja) (hoteru), 宿 (ja) (やど, yado), 旅館 (ja) (りょかん, ryokan) (traditional) Kannada: ಹೋಟೆಲು (hōṭelu) Kazakh: қонақ үй (qonaq üi), мейманхана (meimanxana), отель (otel) Khmer: សណ្ឋាគារ (km) (sɑnthaakiə), ហោតិល (km) (haotəl), អូតែល (ʼoutael), ផ្ទះសំណាក់ (phtĕəh sɑmnak), សណ្ឋាគារដ្ឋាន (sɑnthaakiərĕəʼthaan) Korean: 호텔 (ko) (hotel), 여관(旅館) (ko) (yeogwan), 려관(旅館) (ko) (ryeogwan) (North Korea), 객사(客舍) (gaeksa) (common in North Korea) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: ûtêl (ku), dîwanxane (ku), mêvanxane (ku) Kyrgyz: мейманкана (ky) (meymankana), гостиница (ky) (gostinitsa), отель (ky) (otelʹ), конокчу (konokçu) Lao: ໂຮງແຮມ (lo) (hōng hǣm) Latin: deversorium n Latvian: viesnīca f, hotelis m Lithuanian: viešbutis (lt) m Luxembourgish: Hotel (lb) m Lü: ᦷᦣᧂᦶᦃᧅᧈᦶᦂᧁᧉ (hongẋaek¹k̇aew²) Macedonian: хоте́л m (hotél) Malagasy: hotely Malay: hotel (ms) Malayalam: ഹോട്ടൽ (hōṭṭal), ഹൊട്ടേൽ (hoṭṭēl) Maltese: lukanda (mt) m Maori: hōtēra Marathi: हॉटेल (hŏṭel) Mongolian: Cyrillic: зочид буудал (zočid buudal) Mòcheno: birtshaus n Navajo: tsáskʼeh bá hooghan Nepali: होटल (hoṭal) North Frisian: (Mooring) hotäl Norwegian: Bokmål: hotell (no) n Nynorsk: hotell n Old English: gasthus n Oriya: ହୋଟେଲ୍ (hoṭel) Oromo: hoteela Pashto: هوټل‎ (ps) m (hoṭál), مهمانخانه‎ f (mehmānxāna) Persian: Dari: هوتل‎ (hôtal), مهمانخانه‎ (mihmânxâna) Iranian Persian: هتل‎ (fa) (hotel), مهمانخانه‎ (fa) (mehmânxâne) (guesthouse) Plautdietsch: Hotel n Polish: hotel (pl) m Portuguese: hotel (pt) m Punjabi: ਹੋਟਲ (hoṭal) Romani: hotèlo m Romanian: hotel (ro) m Russian: гости́ница (ru) f (gostínica), оте́ль (ru) m (otɛ́lʹ) Scottish Gaelic: taigh-òsta m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: хо̀тел m Roman: hòtel (sh) m Sicilian: albergu (scn) m Sinhalese: හෝටලය (hōṭalaya), නවාතැන (nawātæna) Slovak: hotel (sk) m Slovene: hotel (sl) m Spanish: hotel (es) m, albergue (es) m Swahili: hoteli (sw) Swedish: hotell (sv) n Tagalog: hotel, otel Tajik: меҳмонхона (mehmonxona), ҳотел (tg) (hotel), отел (otel) Tamil: ஓட்டல் (ta) (ōṭṭal) Tatar: кунакханә (tt) (qunaqxanä) Telugu: హోటల్ (hōṭal) Thai: โรงแรม (th) (roong-rɛɛm), โฮเต็ล (th) (hoo-dtel) Tibetan: འགྲུལ་ཁང ('grul khang), མགྲོན་ཁང (mgron khang) Tigrinya: ሆቴል (hotel) Turkish: otel (tr), konakçı (tr) Turkmen: myhmanhana, otel, gostinisa Udmurt: кунокуа (kunokua) Ukrainian: готе́ль (uk) m (hotélʹ), гости́ниця f (hostýnycja) Urdu: ہوٹل‎ m (hōṭal) Uyghur: مېھمانخانا‎ (mëhmanxana), ساراي‎ (saray) Uzbek: mehmonxona (uz), gostinitsa, otel (uz) Vietnamese: khách sạn (vi) (客棧), lữ quán (vi) (旅館), ô ten Volapük: lotidöp (vo) Welsh: gwesty (cy) Yiddish: האָטעל‎ m (hotel) Zhuang: lijgvanj, hekdiemq, fanden

red property in the game of Monopoly

Basque: hotel (eu) Catalan: hotel (ca) m Italian: albergo (it) f Macedonian: хоте́л m (hotél) Swedish: hotell (sv) n

Australian/NZ English: public house

See also

• inn
• motel

Anagrams

• Holte, Thole, helot, hetol, lothe, thole

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Albanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɔtɛl/

Noun

hotel m (indefinite plural hotele, definite singular hoteli, definite plural hotelet)

1. hotel

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Asturian

Etymology

Borrowed from French hôtel.

Noun

hotel m (plural hoteles)

1. hotel

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Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from French hôtel, from Latin hospitāle. Doublet of hospital and hostal.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /oˈtəl/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /uˈtɛl/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /oˈtel/

• Audio

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Noun

hotel m (plural hotels)

1. hotel

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Czech

Etymology

From French hôtel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɦotɛl]

• Audio

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Noun

hotel m inan

1. hotel

Declension

Declension of hotel

	singular	plural
nominative	hotel	hotely
genitive	hotelu	hotelů
dative	hotelu	hotelům
accusative	hotel	hotely
vocative	hotele	hotely
locative	hotelu	hotelích, hotelech
instrumental	hotelem	hotely

Derived terms

• hotýlek

Further reading

• hotel in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• hotel in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
• hotel in Internetová jazyková příručka

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Danish

Etymology

From French hôtel.

Noun

hotel n (singular definite hotellet, plural indefinite hoteller)

1. hotel

Further reading

• “hotel” in Den Danske Ordbog

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Dutch

Alternative forms

• hôtel (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from French hôtel, from Middle French hostel, from Old French ostel, from Latin hospitālis. Doublet of hospitaal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɦoːˈtɛl/

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• Hyphenation: ho‧tel
• Rhymes: -ɛl

Noun

hotel n (plural hotels, diminutive hotelletje n)

1. hotel

Derived terms

• badhotel
• bijenhotel
• berghotel
• familiehotel
• hotelbed
• hotelbediende
• hoteleigenaar
• hotelgast
• hotelhouder
• hotelier
• hotelkamer
• hotelketen
• hotelschool
• strandhotel

Related terms

• botel
• motel

Descendants

• Afrikaans: hotel
• → Aukan: oteli
• → Indonesian: hotel
• → West Frisian: hotel

Anagrams

• holte

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Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from French hôtel, from Latin hospitāle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔˈtɛl/

• Audio

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Noun

hotel m (plural hoteis)

1. hotel

   Hotel de cinco estrelas..

   Five-star hotel..

Further reading

• “hotel” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

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Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Hotel, from French hôtel, from Old French hostel, from Latin hospitāle. [1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈhotɛl]
• Hyphenation: ho‧tel
• Rhymes: -ɛl

Noun

hotel (plural hotelek)

1. hotel

   Synonyms: szálloda, szálló

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	hotel	hotelek
accusative	hotelt	hoteleket
dative	hotelnek	hoteleknek
instrumental	hotellel	hotelekkel
causal-final	hotelért	hotelekért
translative	hotellé	hotelekké
terminative	hotelig	hotelekig
essive-formal	hotelként	hotelekként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	hotelben	hotelekben
superessive	hotelen	hoteleken
adessive	hotelnél	hoteleknél
illative	hotelbe	hotelekbe
sublative	hotelre	hotelekre
allative	hotelhez	hotelekhez
elative	hotelből	hotelekből
delative	hotelről	hotelekről
ablative	hoteltől	hotelektől
non-attributive possessive - singular	hotelé	hoteleké
non-attributive possessive - plural	hoteléi	hotelekéi

Possessive forms of hotel
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	hotelem	hoteljeim
2nd person sing.	hoteled	hoteljeid
3rd person sing.	hotelje	hoteljei
1st person plural	hotelünk	hoteljeink
2nd person plural	hoteletek	hoteljeitek
3rd person plural	hoteljük	hoteljeik

Derived terms

Compound words

• hotelszoba

 

References

1. Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN

Further reading

• hotel in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch hotel, from French hôtel, from Middle French hostel, from Old French ostel; inherited from Late Latin hospitālis, hospitāle (“hospice, shelter, guesthouse”), noun use of Latin hospitālis (“hospitable; pertaining to a host or guest”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈhotɛl]
• Hyphenation: ho‧tèl

Noun

hotèl (first-person possessive hotelku, second-person possessive hotelmu, third-person possessive hotelnya)

1. hotel, an establishment that provides accommodation and other services for paying guests; normally larger than a guesthouse, and often one of a chain.

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• perhotelan [causative passive + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peR- + -an)

Compound words

• hotel apartemen
• hotel apung
• hotel bandar
• hotel bandara
• hotel berbintang
• hotel bisnis
• hotel bujet
• hotel butik
• hotel kapsul
• hotel kasino
• hotel keluarga
• hotel kota
• hotel mandiri
• hotel melati
• hotel pantai
• hotel pilgrim
• hotel pribadi
• hotel prodeo
• hotel residensial
• hotel resor
• hotel semiresidensial
• hotel tira
• hotel transit

 

Related terms

• hostel

Further reading

• “hotel” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from French hôtel, from Middle French hostel (“hostel”, “inn”), from Old French ostel (“shelter”), from Latin hospitālis (“pertaining to hospitality”). Doublet of ospedale and ospitale.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oˈtɛl/
• Rhymes: -ɛl
• Hyphenation: ho‧tèl

Noun

hotel m (invariable)

1. hotel(s)
2. the letter H in the Italian spelling alphabet

Synonyms

• albergo

Related terms

• ostello

Descendants

• → Cimbrian: hotèl

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French hôtel, from Late Latin hospitālis, hospitāle (“hospice, shelter, guesthouse”). Doublet of hostel (“hostel”) and szpital (“hospital”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxɔ.tɛl/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -ɔtɛl
• Syllabification: ho‧tel

Noun

hotel m inan (diminutive hotelik)

1. hotel

Declension

Declension of hotel

	singular	plural
nominative	hotel	hotele
genitive	hotelu	hoteli/hotelów
dative	hotelowi	hotelom
accusative	hotel	hotele
instrumental	hotelem	hotelami
locative	hotelu	hotelach
vocative	hotelu	hotele

Derived terms

adjective

• hotelowy

 

Related terms

adjective

• hotelarski

 

nouns

• hotelarka
• hotelarstwo
• hotelarz
• hoteling

 

Further reading

• hotel in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• hotel in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French hôtel,from Latin hospitāle.[1] Doublet of hospital and hospedal.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /oˈtɛw/ [oˈtɛʊ̯]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔˈtɛl/ [ɔˈtɛɫ]

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɛl, (Brazil) -ɛw
• Hyphenation: ho‧tel

Noun

hotel m (plural hotéis)

1. hotel

References

1. “hotel” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.

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Romanian

Hotel

Etymology

Borrowed from French hôtel, from Latin hospitale. Doublet of spital.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hoˈtel/

Noun

hotel n (plural hotele)

1. hotel

Declension

Declension of hotel

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) hotel	hotelul	(niște) hotele	hotelele
genitive/dative	(unui) hotel	hotelului	(unor) hotele	hotelelor
vocative	hotelule		hotelelor

Related terms

• hotelier

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xǒtel/
• Hyphenation: ho‧tel

Noun

hòtel m (Cyrillic spelling хо̀тел)

1. hotel

Declension

Declension of hotel

	singular	plural
nominative	hòtel	hoteli
genitive	hotèla	hotela
dative	hotelu	hotelima
accusative	hotel	hotele
vocative	hotele	hoteli
locative	hotelu	hotelima
instrumental	hotelom	hotelima

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Slovak

Etymology

From French hôtel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɦotel]

Noun

hotel m (genitive singular hotela, nominative plural hotely, genitive plural hotelov, declension pattern of stroj)

1. hotel

Declension

Declension of hotel

	singular	plural
nominative	hotel	hotely
genitive	hotela	hotelov
dative	hotelu	hotelom
accusative	hotel	hotele
locative	hoteli	hoteloch
instrumental	hotelom	hotelmi

References

• hotel in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

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Slovene

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French hôtel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xɔtɛ̀ːl/

Noun

hotél m anim

1. hotel

Inflection

Masculine anim., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	hotél
gen. sing.	hotéla
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	hotél	hotéla	hotéli
genitive (rodȋlnik)	hotéla	hotélov	hotélov
dative (dajȃlnik)	hotélu	hotéloma	hotélom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	hotéla	hotéla	hotéle
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	hotélu	hotélih	hotélih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	hotélom	hotéloma	hotéli

Further reading

• “hotel”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Participle

hóteł

1. masculine singular l-participle of hoteti

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French hôtel. Doublet of hospital and hostal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oˈtel/ [oˈt̪el]
• Rhymes: -el
• Syllabification: ho‧tel

Noun

hotel m (plural hoteles)

1. hotel

Derived terms

• hotelero

See also

See also

• albergue m
• casa de huéspedes f
• hosedaje m
• hostal m
• pensión m
• posada f

Further reading

• “hotel”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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Tok Pisin

Etymology

Borrowed from English hotel.

Noun

hotel

1. hotel

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Vilamovian

Etymology

From French hôtel.

Pronunciation

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Noun

hotel ?

1. hotel