motel

motel

See also: Motel and motél

English

Etymology

A motel sign

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

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /moʊˈtɛl/

  • Audio (Southern England)

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• Rhymes: -ɛl
• Hyphenation: mo‧tel

Noun

motel (plural motels)

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

Synonyms

• (hotel): See also Thesaurus:lodging place
• (love hotel): See also Thesaurus:love hotel

Translations

type of hotel

Albanian: motel m Arabic: مُوتِيل‎ m (mutil) Armenian: մոթել (hy) (motʿel) Azerbaijani: motel Belarusian: матэ́ль m (matélʹ) Bulgarian: моте́л m (motél) Burmese: မိုတယ် (muitai) Catalan: motel m Cherokee: ᏧᏂᏒᏍᏗᎢ (tsunisvsdii) Chinese: Cantonese: 汽車旅店, 汽车旅店 (hei3 ce1 leoi5 dim3) Mandarin: 汽車旅館／汽车旅馆 (zh) (qìchē lǚguǎn) Min Nan: mo͘-té-lù Cornish: karrostel m Czech: motel (cs) m Danish: motel (da) n Dutch: motel (nl) n Esperanto: motelo Estonian: motell Finnish: motelli (fi) French: motel (fr) m Galician: motel m Georgian: მოტელი (moṭeli) German: Motel (de) n Greek: μοτέλ (el) n (motél) Hebrew: מוֹטֶל‎ (he) m (motél) Hindi: मोटेल m (moṭel) Hungarian: motel (hu) Ido: motelo Irish: óstán m, óstán cois bóthair m Italian: motel (it) Japanese: モーテル (mōteru), モテル (moteru) Kazakh: мотель (motel) Khmer: ម៉ូតែល (moutael) Korean: 모텔 (ko) (motel) Kyrgyz: мотель (ky) (motelʹ) Latvian: motelis m Lithuanian: motelis m Macedonian: моте́л m (motél) Malay: motel Manx: carlan oast f Maori: mōtēra Norwegian: Bokmål: motell n Persian: متل‎ (fa) (motel), راهسرا‎ (fa) Polish: motel (pl) m Portuguese: hotel de beira de estrada m Romanian: motel (ro) n Russian: моте́ль (ru) m (motɛ́lʹ), автопансиона́т (ru) m (avtopansionát) Scottish Gaelic: taigh-òsta motarachd m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: мо̀те̄л m Roman: mòtēl (sh) m Slovak: motel (sk) m Slovene: motel (sl) m Spanish: motel (es) m Swedish: motell (sv) n Tajik: мотел (motel), мотель (tg) (motel') Thai: โมเต็ล (moo-dtel) Turkish: motel (tr) Turkmen: motel Ukrainian: моте́ль m (motélʹ) Urdu: موٹل‎ m (moṭel) Uzbek: motel (uz) Vietnamese: mô-ten, mô ten Welsh: motél m or f Yiddish: מאָטעל‎ m (motel)

See also

• hotel
• inn
• motor court
• tourist court

Verb

motel (third-person singular simple present motels, present participle moteling or motelling, simple past and past participle moteled or motelled)

1. (informal, intransitive) To stay in a motel or motels.

Further reading

• motel on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• metol

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Basque

Noun

motel

1. stammerer

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmotɛl]

Noun

motel m inan

1. motel

Derived terms

• motýlek

Further reading

• motel in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
• motel in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
• motel in Internetová jazyková příručka

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English motel. The gender and pronunciation were adapted to agree with hotel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /moːˈtɛl/
• Hyphenation: mo‧tel
• Rhymes: -ɛl

Noun

motel n (plural motels, diminutive motelletje n)

1. A motel (roadside hotel for motorists).

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French

Noun

motel m (plural motels)

1. motel

Further reading

• “motel”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English motel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔ.tɛl/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔtɛl
• Syllabification: mo‧tel

Noun

motel m inan (diminutive motelik)

1. motel

Declension

Declension of motel

	singular	plural
nominative	motel	motele
genitive	motelu	moteli/motelów
dative	motelowi	motelom
accusative	motel	motele
instrumental	motelem	motelami
locative	motelu	motelach
vocative	motelu	motele

Derived terms

adjective

• motelowy

 

Further reading

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

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /moˈtɛw/ [moˈtɛʊ̯]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɔˈtɛl/ [mɔˈtɛɫ]

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

Noun

motel m (plural motéis)

1. love hotel (short-stay hotel for sex)

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Romanian

Etymology

From French motel, from English motel.

Noun

motel n (plural moteluri)

1. motel

Declension

Declension of motel

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) motel	motelul	(niște) moteluri	motelurile
genitive/dative	(unui) motel	motelului	(unor) moteluri	motelurilor
vocative	motelule		motelurilor

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mǒteːl/
• Hyphenation: mo‧tel

Noun

mòtēl m (Cyrillic spelling мо̀те̄л)

1. motel

Declension

Declension of motel

	singular	plural
nominative	mòtēl	moteli
genitive	motéla	motela
dative	motelu	motelima
accusative	motel	motele
vocative	motele	moteli
locative	motelu	motelima
instrumental	motelom	motelima

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /moˈtel/ [moˈt̪el]
• Rhymes: -el
• Syllabification: mo‧tel

Noun

motel m (plural moteles)

1. motel
2. (Mexico) brothel, whorehouse

Further reading

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

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Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English motel or Spanish motel.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: mo‧tel
• IPA^(key): /moˈtel/, [moˈtel]

Noun

motél

1. motel
2. love hotel; no-tell motel
   • 2008, J. Luis Camacho, Dagta

     Muli ko bang pahahabain ang puntong ito para hindi tumuloy sa dulo ng kuwento? Sa Cubao rin kami napunta sa mamahaling motel.

     Will I extend this part again so we don't reach the end of the story? We ended up in Cubao, in a classy love hotel.

Related terms

• otel

Further reading

• “motel”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018

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Turkish

Noun

motel (definite accusative moteli, plural moteller)

1. motel

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	motel
Definite accusative	moteli
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	motel	moteller
Definite accusative	moteli	motelleri
Dative	motele	motellere
Locative	motelde	motellerde
Ablative	motelden	motellerden
Genitive	motelin	motellerin
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular motelim motellerim 2nd singular motelin motellerin 3rd singular moteli motelleri 1st plural motelimiz motellerimiz 2nd plural moteliniz motelleriniz 3rd plural motelleri motelleri Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular motelimi motellerimi 2nd singular motelini motellerini 3rd singular motelini motellerini 1st plural motelimizi motellerimizi 2nd plural motelinizi motellerinizi 3rd plural motellerini motellerini Dative Singular Plural 1st singular motelime motellerime 2nd singular moteline motellerine 3rd singular moteline motellerine 1st plural motelimize motellerimize 2nd plural motelinize motellerinize 3rd plural motellerine motellerine Locative Singular Plural 1st singular motelimde motellerimde 2nd singular motelinde motellerinde 3rd singular motelinde motellerinde 1st plural motelimizde motellerimizde 2nd plural motelinizde motellerinizde 3rd plural motellerinde motellerinde Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular motelimden motellerimden 2nd singular motelinden motellerinden 3rd singular motelinden motellerinden 1st plural motelimizden motellerimizden 2nd plural motelinizden motellerinizden 3rd plural motellerinden motellerinden Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular motelimin motellerimin 2nd singular motelinin motellerinin 3rd singular motelinin motellerinin 1st plural motelimizin motellerimizin 2nd plural motelinizin motellerinizin 3rd plural motellerinin motellerinin