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Translingual
Noun
hotel
Alternative letter-case form of Hotel of the ICAO/NATO radiotelephony alphabet .
English
Pere Marquette Hotel
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 .
Pronunciation
Noun
hotel (plural hotels )
( now chiefly historical ) A large town house or mansion ; a grand private residence , especially in France.
1920 , Edith Wharton , chapter 2, in The Age of Innocence , New York: D. Appleton and Company:he cream-coloured house (supposed to be modelled on the private hotels of the Parisian aristocracy) was there[.]
An establishment that provides accommodation and other services for paying guests; normally larger than a guesthouse , and often one of a chain .
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.
( South Asia ) A restaurant ; any dining establishment.
( international standards ) Alternative letter-case form of Hotel from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet .
The larger red property in the game of Monopoly , in contradistinction to houses .
The guest accommodation and dining section of a cruise ship .
( Australia , western Canada ) A pub .
Usage notes
The UK pronunciation omitting the initial /h/ is in imitation of the French hôtel and is now considered old-fashioned (unless of course the speaker always drops /h/ ).
Synonyms
Derived terms
Descendants
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 ( ʔōtēl )
Egyptian Arabic: فُنْدُق m ( fundoʔ ) , أُوتِيل m ( ʔotel ) , ( archaic ) لوكاندة f ( lukanda ) , ( archaic ) بنسيون m ( bansiyon )
Hijazi Arabic: فُنْدُق m ( fundug )
Moroccan Arabic: أوطيل m ( ʔuṭil ) , فندق m ( fandaq )
South Levantine Arabic: فندق m ( funduʔ ) , أوتيل m ( ʔōtēl )
Armenian: հյուրանոց (hy) ( hyuranocʻ )
Aromanian: utel m
Assamese: হোটেল ( hütel )
Asturian: hotel (ast) m
Azerbaijani: mehmanxana , otel
Bashkir: ҡунаҡхана ( qunaqxana )
Basque: hotel (eu) , ostatu
Belarusian: гатэ́ль m ( hatélʹ ) , гасці́ніца f ( hascínica )
Bengali: হোটেল (bn) ( hōṭel )
Bulgarian: хоте́л m ( hotél )
Burmese: ဟိုတယ် (my) ( huitai )
Carpathian Rusyn: готе́л m ( hotél )
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 )
Hokkien: 旅館 / 旅馆 (zh-min-nan) ( lí-koán, lú-koán ) , 旅社 (zh-min-nan) ( lú-siā, lír-siǎ, lí-siā, lír-siā )
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 )
Wu: 飯店 / 饭店
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 ) , मेहमानख़ाना m ( mehmānxānā )
Hungarian: szálloda (hu) , hotel (hu)
Icelandic: hótel (is) n , gistihús n , gistiheimili (is) 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) , otêl (ku) , hotêl (ku)
Kyrgyz: мейманкана (ky) ( meymankana ) , гостиница (ky) ( gostinitsa ) , отель (ky) ( otel ) , конокчу ( konokcu )
Lao: ໂຮງແຮມ (lo) ( hōng hǣm )
Latin: deversorium n
Latvian: viesnīca f , hotelis m
Lithuanian: viešbutis (lt) m
Lü: ᦷᦣᧂᦶᦃᧅᧈᦶᦂᧁᧉ ( hongẋaek¹k̇aew² )
Luxembourgish: Hotel (lb) m
Macedonian: хоте́л (mk) m ( hotél )
Malagasy: hotely (mg)
Malay: hotel (ms)
Malayalam: ഹോട്ടൽ ( hōṭṭal ) , ഹൊട്ടേൽ ( hoṭṭēl )
Maltese: lukanda (mt) m
Maori: hōtēra
Marathi: हॉटेल ( hŏṭel )
Mòcheno: birtshaus n
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: зочид буудал ( zočid buudal )
Navajo: tsáskʼeh bá hooghan
Nepali: होटल ( hoṭal )
North Frisian: ( Mooring ) hotäl
Norwegian:
Bokmål: hotell (no) n
Nynorsk: hotell n
Odia: ହୋଟେଲ୍ ( hoṭel )
Old English: gasthus n
Oromo: hoteela
Pannonian Rusyn: готел m ( hotel )
Pashto: هوټل (ps) m ( hoṭal ) , مهمانخانه f ( mehmānxāna )
Persian:
Dari: هوتَل ( hōtal ) , مِهْمَانْخَانَه ( mihmānxāna )
Iranian Persian: هُتِل ( hotel ) , مِهْمانْخانِه ( 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: ہوٹَل m ( hoṭal ) , مِہْمان خانَہ m ( mihmān xāna )
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
Australian/NZ English: public house
See also
Anagrams
Albanian
Pronunciation
Noun
hotel m (plural hotele , definite hoteli , definite plural hotelet )
hotel
Asturian
Etymology
Borrowed from French hôtel .
Noun
hotel m (plural hoteles )
hotel
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from French hôtel , from Latin hospitāle . Doublet of hospital and hostal .
Pronunciation
Noun
hotel m (plural hotels )
hotel
Czech
Etymology
Borrowed from French hôtel .
Pronunciation
Noun
hotel m inan
hotel
Declension
Declension of hotel (hard masculine inanimate )
Derived terms
Further reading
“hotel ”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
“hotel ”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
“hotel ”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)
Danish
Etymology
From French hôtel .
Noun
hotel n (singular definite hotellet , plural indefinite hoteller )
hotel
Further reading
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French hôtel , from Middle French hostel , from Old French ostel , from Latin hospitālis . Doublet of hospitaal .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ɦoːˈtɛl/
Hyphenation: ho‧tel
Rhymes: -ɛl
Noun
hotel n (plural hotels , diminutive hotelletje n )
hotel
Derived terms
Descendants
Anagrams
Galician
Etymology
Borrowed from French hôtel , from Latin hospitāle .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ɔˈtɛl/
Rhymes: -ɛl
Hyphenation: ho‧tel
Noun
hotel m (plural hoteis )
hotel
Hotel de cinco estrelas..Five-star hotel ..
Further reading
Hungarian
Etymology
Borrowed from German Hotel , from French hôtel , from Old French hostel , from Latin hospitāle . [ 1]
Pronunciation
Noun
hotel (plural hotelek )
hotel
Synonyms: szálloda , szálló
Declension
Less commonly:[ 2]
Derived terms
References
Further reading
hotel in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh . A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz. ). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
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
Noun
hotèl
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:
Further reading
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 )
hotel (s)
the letter H in the Italian spelling alphabet
Synonyms
Descendants
Malay
Etymology
From English hotel .
Noun
hotel (plural hotel -hotel , informal 1st possessive hotelku , 2nd possessive hotelmu , 3rd possessive hotelnya )
hotel ( establishment that provides accommodation for paying guests )
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from French hôtel . Doublet of hostel and szpital .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈxɔ.tɛl/
Rhymes: -ɔtɛl
Syllabification: ho‧tel
Noun
hotel m inan (diminutive hotelik )
hotel
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
hotel in Wielki słownik języka polskiego , Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
hotel in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from French hôtel , from Latin hospitāle .[ 1] Doublet of hospital and hospedal .
Pronunciation
Rhymes: ( Portugal ) -ɛl , ( Brazil ) -ɛw
Hyphenation: ho‧tel
Noun
hotel m (plural hotéis )
hotel
References
Romanian
Hotel
Etymology
Borrowed from French hôtel , from Latin hospitale . Doublet of spital .
Pronunciation
Noun
hotel n (plural hotele )
hotel
Declension
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /xǒtel/
Hyphenation: ho‧tel
Noun
hòtel m (Cyrillic spelling хо̀тел )
hotel
Declension
Slovak
Etymology
Borrowed from French hôtel .
Pronunciation
Noun
hotel m inan (genitive singular hotela , nominative plural hotely , genitive plural hotelov , declension pattern of stroj )
hotel
Declension
Declension of
hotel (pattern
dub )
References
“hotel ”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science ] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk , 2003–2024
Slovene
Etymology 1
Borrowed from French hôtel .
Pronunciation
Noun
hotél m anim
hotel
Inflection
Further reading
“hotel ”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Participle
hóteł
masculine singular l-participle of hoteti
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from French hôtel . Doublet of hospital and hostal .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /oˈtel/
Rhymes: -el
Syllabification: ho‧tel
Noun
hotel m (plural hoteles )
hotel
Derived terms
See also
Further reading
Tok Pisin
Etymology
Borrowed from English hotel .
Noun
hotel
hotel
Vilamovian
Etymology
From French hôtel .
Pronunciation
Noun
hotel ?
hotel