hotel

Symbol

hotel

1. The letter H in the NATO phonetic alphabet. (This word is not translated, and is hotel in all languages.)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /həʊˈtɛl/, IPA^(key): /əʊˈtɛl/ (some accents)
• (US) enPR: hō-tĕlʹ, IPA^(key): /hoʊˈtɛl/

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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. The letter H in the ICAO spelling alphabet. [from 20th c.]
4. The larger red property in the game of Monopoly, in contradistinction to houses.
5. The guest accommodation and dining section of a cruise ship.

See also

• inn
• motel

Anagrams

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɔtɛl/

Noun

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

1. hotel

Etymology

Borrowed from French hôtel, from Latin hospitāle.

Noun

hotel m (plural hoteles)

1. hotel

Etymology

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

Noun

hotel m (plural hotels)

1. hotel

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɦotɛl/

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Noun

hotel m

1. hotel

Further reading

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

Noun

hotel n (singular definite hotellet, plural indefinite hoteller)

1. hotel

Pronunciation

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

Noun

hotel n (plural hotels, diminutive hotelletje n)

1. hotel

Anagrams

• holte

Etymology

Borrowed from French hôtel, from Latin hospitāle.

Pronunciation

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Noun

hotel m (plural hoteis)

1. hotel

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

hotel (plural hotelek)

1. hotel

References

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/, [oˈt̪ɛl̺]
• Stress: hotèl
• Hyphenation: ho‧tel

Noun

hotel m (invariable)

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxɔ.tɛl/

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Noun

hotel m inan

1. hotel

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔˈtɛɫ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɔˈtɛw/
• Rhymes: -ɛw

Noun

hotel m (plural hotéis)

1. hotel

Etymology

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

Noun

hotel n (plural hotele)

1. hotel

Pronunciation

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

Noun

hòtel m (Cyrillic spelling хо̀тел)

1. hotel

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oˈtel/, [oˈt̪el]
• Rhymes: -el

Noun

hotel m (plural hoteles)

1. hotel

See also

Etymology

Borrowed from English hotel.

Noun

hotel

1. hotel

Pronunciation

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Noun

hotel ?

1. hotel