hotel

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Translingual

Noun

hotel

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

English

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 hospitālis (“hospitable”). Doublet of hostel and hospital.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /(h)əʊˈtɛl/, /ˈ(h)əʊtl̩/
• (US) enPR: hō-tĕlʹ, IPA^(key): /hoʊˈtɛl/
• (Southern US) IPA^(key): /ˈhoʊtɛl/
• (Indic) IPA^(key): /ˈ(h)oːʈal/, /(h)oˑˈʈel/
• (Canada) IPA^(key): /hoːˈtɛl/
• Rhymes: -ɛl, -əl
• 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.]
3. 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 […] .
4. (South Asia) A restaurant; any dining establishment.
5. (international standards) Alternative letter-case form of Hotel from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.
6. The larger red property in the game of Monopoly, in contradistinction to houses.
7. The guest accommodation and dining section of a cruise ship.
8. (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

• See also Thesaurus:lodging place

Derived terms

Related terms

• hostel

Descendants

Translations

See also

• inn
• motel

Anagrams

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

Albanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɔtɛl/

Noun

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

1. hotel

Declension

Asturian

Etymology

Borrowed from French hôtel.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

hotel m (plural hoteles)

1. hotel

Catalan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [uˈtɛl]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [oˈtəl]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [oˈtel]

Noun

hotel m (plural hotels)

1. hotel

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from French hôtel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɦotɛl]

Noun

hotel m inan

1. hotel

Declension

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), 2008–2025

Danish

Etymology

From French hôtel.

Noun

hotel n (singular definite hotellet, plural indefinite hoteller)

1. hotel

Further reading

• “hotel” in Den Danske Ordbog

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/
• 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
• hotelmanager
• hotelschool
• strandhotel

Related terms

• botel
• motel

Descendants

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

Anagrams

• holte

Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from French hôtel, from Latin hospitāle.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

hotel m (plural hoteis)

1. hotel

Further reading

• “hotel”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

Hungarian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

hotel (plural hotelek)

1. hotel

   Synonyms: szálloda, szálló

Declension

Less commonly:

Derived terms

References

Further reading

• hotel in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (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

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

Noun

hotèl (plural hotel-hotel)

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

Related terms

• hostel

Further reading

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

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

Malay

Etymology

From English hotel.

Noun

hotel (plural hotel-hotel)

1. 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)

1. hotel

Declension

Derived terms

Related 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. Doublet of hospital and hospedal.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

hotel m (plural hotéis)

1. hotel

References

Romanian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hoˈtel/

Noun

hotel n (plural hotele)

1. hotel

Declension

Related terms

• hotelier

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

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

Noun

hòtel m (Cyrillic spelling хо̀тел)

1. hotel

Declension

Slovak

Etymology

Borrowed from French hôtel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɦɔtel]

Noun

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

1. hotel

Declension

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, 2003–2025

Slovene

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French hôtel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xɔtɛ̀ːl/

Noun

hotél m anim

1. hotel

Declension

Further reading

• “hotel”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Participle

hóteł

1. masculine singular l-participle of hoteti

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

See also

Further reading

• “hotel”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Tok Pisin

Etymology

Borrowed from English hotel.

Noun

hotel

1. hotel

Vilamovian

Etymology

From French hôtel.

Pronunciation

Noun

hotel ?

1. hotel