hotel.
A large town house or mansion; a grand private residence, especially in France.
Meaning & usage
A large town house or mansion; a grand private residence, especially in France.
An establishment that provides accommodation and other services for paying guests; normally larger than a guesthouse, and often one of a chain.
A public house or pub.
A restaurant; any dining establishment.
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.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstis Proto-Indo-European *pótis Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstipotis Proto-Italic *hostipotis Latin hospes Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin hospitālis Old French ostel Middle French hostel French hôtelbor. English hotel 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.
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