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Webster 1913 Edition

Hotel

Ho-tel′

Noun.

[F.

hôtel

, OF.

hostel

. See

Hostel

A house for entertaining strangers or travelers; an inn or public house, of the better class.

In France, the mansion or town residence of a person of rank or wealth.

Webster 1828 Edition

Hotel

HOTEL'

, n.

A palace.

An inn; a house for entertaining strangers or travelers. It was formerly a house for genteel strangers or lodgers, but the name is now given to any inn.

Definition 2024

Hotel

See also: hotel, hótel, hôtel, and hoṭél

Translingual

Symbol

Hotel

The letter H in the ICAO spelling alphabet.

German

Etymology

Borrowing from French hôtel.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /hoˈtɛl/
Rhymes: -ɛl

Noun

Hotel n ‎(genitive Hotels, plural Hotels)

hotel

Declension

Declension of Hotel

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Hotel	die	Hotels
genitive	eines	des	Hotels	der	Hotels
dative	einem	dem	Hotel	den	Hotels
accusative	ein	das	Hotel	die	Hotels

Luxembourgish

Etymology

Borrowing from French hôtel.

Noun

Hotel m ‎(plural Hotellen)

hotel

hotel

See also: Hotel, hótel, hôtel, and hoṭél

Translingual

Symbol

hotel

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

English

Pere Marquette Hotel

Noun

hotel ‎(plural hotels)

(now chiefly historical) A large town house or mansion; a grand private residence, especially in France. [from 17th c.]
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.
The letter H in the ICAO spelling alphabet. [from 20th c.]
The larger red property in the game of Monopoly, in contradistinction to houses.
The guest accommodation and dining section of a cruise ship.

Usage notes

The UK pronunciation omitting the initial h is in imitation of the French hôtel and is now considered old-fashioned.

Derived terms

floatel, flotel
motel

Related terms

hostel

Translations

establishment providing accommodation

Abkhaz: асасааирҭа ‎(āsāsāāirtā)
Afrikaans: hotel
Albanian: birrari (sq), pijetore (sq), hotel (sq)
Amharic: ሆቴል ‎(hotel)
Arabic: فُنْدُق (ar) m ‎(funduq), نُزْل m ‎(nuzl), أُوتِيل m ‎(ʾotel) (dated)

Egyptian Arabic: فُنْدُق m ‎(fundoʾ), أُوتِيل m ‎(ʾotel), (archaic) لوكاندة f ‎(lukanda), (archaic) بنسيون m ‎(bansiyon)

Hijazi Arabic: فُنْدُق m ‎(fundug)

Morocco: اوطيل ‎(ʾoṭeyl)
Armenian: հյուրանոց (hy) ‎(hyuranocʿ)
Asturian: hotel m
Azeri: mehmanxana, otel
Bashkir: ҡунаҡхана ‎(qunaqxana)
Basque: hotel (eu), ostatu
Belarusian: гатэ́ль m ‎(hatélʹ), гасці́ніца f ‎(hascínica)
Bengali: হোটেল ‎(hoṭel)
Bulgarian: хотел m ‎(hotél)
Burmese: ဟိုတယ် (my) ‎(huitai)
Catalan: hotel (ca) m
Central Melanau: util
Chinese:

Cantonese: 旅館, 旅馆 ‎(leoi⁵ gun²), 酒店 ‎(zau² dim³)

Hakka: 旅館, 旅馆 ‎(lî-kón, lî-kòn)

Mandarin: 旅館 (zh), 旅馆 (zh) ‎(lǚguǎn), 賓館 (zh), 宾馆 (zh) ‎(bīnguǎn), 飯店 (zh), 饭店 (zh) ‎(fàndiàn), 酒店 (zh) ‎(jiǔdiàn), 招待所 (zh) ‎(zhāodàisuǒ)

Min Nan: 旅館 (zh-min-nan), 旅馆 ‎(lí-koán, lú-koán)
Czech: hotel (cs) m
Danish: hotel (da)
Dutch: hotel (nl) n
Esperanto: hotelo (eo)
Estonian: otell
Fijian: otela (fj)
Finnish: hotelli (fi)
French: hôtel (fr) m
Galician: hotel (gl) m
Georgian: სასტუმრო ‎(sasṭumro)
German: Hotel (de) n
Greek: ξενοδοχείο (el) n ‎(xenodocheío)
Gujarati: હોટેલ ‎(hoṭel), હોટલ ‎(hoṭal)
Haitian Creole: otel
Hausa: hotel
Hebrew: מָלוֹן (he) m ‎(malón)
Hindi: होटल (hi) m ‎(hoṭal)
Hungarian: szálloda (hu), hotel (hu)
Icelandic: hótel (is) n, gistihús n, gistiheimili n
Ido: hotelo (io)
Indonesian: hotel (id)
Irish: óstán
Italian: albergo (it) m, hotel (it) m
Japanese: ホテル (ja) ‎(hoteru), 旅館 (ja) ‎(りょかん, ryokan) (traditional)
Kannada: ಹೋಟೆಲು ‎(hōṭelu)
Kazakh: қонақ үй ‎(qonaq üy), мейманхана ‎(meymanxana)
Khmer: ផ្ទះសំណាក់ ‎(pteah sɑmnak)
Korean: 호텔 (ko) ‎(hotel), 여관 (ko) ‎(yeogwan) (旅館 (ko))

Kyrgyz: мейманкана (ky) ‎(meymankana), гостиница (ky) ‎(gostinitsa), отель (ky) ‎(otelʹ)
Lao: ໂຮງແຮມ (lo) ‎(hōng hǣm)
Latin: deversorium n
Latvian: viesnīca f, hotelis m
Lithuanian: viešbutis (lt) m
Lojban: xotli
Luxembourgish: Hotel (lb) m
Lü:
Macedonian: хоте́л m ‎(hotél)
Malagasy: hotely
Malay: hotel
Malayalam: ഹോട്ടൽ ‎(hōṭṭal), ഹൊട്ടേൽ ‎(hoṭṭēl)
Maltese: lukanda (mt) m
Maori: hōtēra
Mongolian: зочид буудал ‎(zočid buudal)
Navajo: tsáskʼeh bá hooghan
North Frisian: (Mooring) hotäl
Norwegian:

Bokmål: hotell (no) n

Nynorsk: hotell n
Old English: gasthus n
Pashto: هوټل (ps) ‎(hoṭál)
Persian: هتل (fa) ‎(hotel)
Polish: hotel (pl) m
Portuguese: hotel (pt) m
Romanian: hotel (ro) m
Russian: гости́ница (ru) f ‎(gostínica), оте́ль (ru) m ‎(otɛ́lʹ)
Scottish Gaelic: taigh-òsda m
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: хо̀тел m

Roman: hòtel (sh) m
Sicilian: albergu (scn) m
Sinhalese: හෝටලය ‎(hōṭalaya)
Spanish: hotel (es) m, albergue (es) m
Swahili: hoteli (sw)
Swedish: hotell (sv) n
Tagalog: hotel, otel
Tajik: меҳмонхона ‎(mehmonxona), ҳотел (tg) ‎(hotel)
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)
Turkish: otel (tr), konakçı (tr)
Turkmen: myhmanhana, otel
Udmurt: кунокуа ‎(kunokua)
Ukrainian: готе́ль (uk) m ‎(hotélʹ)
Urdu: ہوٹل m ‎(hoṭal)
Uzbek: mehmonxona (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:

red property in the game of Monopoly

Basque: hotel (eu)
Catalan: hotel (ca) m

Italian: albergo (it) f
Macedonian: хотел m ‎(hotél)
Swedish: hotell (sv) n

the letter "H"

Basque: hotel (eu)
Estonian: Harald
Finnish: Heikki (fi)

Italian: hotel (it)

Australian/NZ English: public house

Descendants

Hindi: होटल ‎(hoṭal)
Japanese: ホテル ‎(hoteru)
Korean: 호텔 (hotel)
Maori: hōtēra

Anagrams

helot
thole

Asturian

Noun

hotel m ‎(plural hoteles)

hotel

Catalan

Etymology

From French hôtel, from Latin hospitāle.

Noun

hotel m ‎(plural hotels)

hotel

Czech

Pronunciation

Noun

hotel m

hotel

Declension

Declension of hotel

	singular	plural
nominative	hotel	hotely
genitive	hotelu	hotelů
dative	hotelu	hotelům
accusative	hotel	hotely
vocative	hotele	hotely
locative	hotelu	hotelech
instrumental	hotelem	hotely

Danish

Noun

hotel n (singular definite hotellet, plural indefinite hoteller)

hotel

Dutch

Pronunciation

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

Noun

hotel n ‎(plural hotels, diminutive hotelletje n)

hotel

Anagrams

holte

Galician

Etymology

From French hôtel.

Pronunciation

Noun

hotel m ‎(plural hoteis)

hotel

Hungarian

Etymology

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)

hotel

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	hotel	hotelek
accusative	hotelt	hoteleket
dative	hotelnek	hoteleknek
instrumental	hotellel	hotelekkel
causal-final	hotelért	hotelekért
translative	hotellé	hotelekké
terminative	hotelig	hotelekig
essive-formal	hotelként	hotelekként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	hotelben	hotelekben
superessive	hotelen	hoteleken
adessive	hotelnél	hoteleknél
illative	hotelbe	hotelekbe
sublative	hotelre	hotelekre
allative	hotelhez	hotelekhez
elative	hotelből	hotelekből
delative	hotelről	hotelekről
ablative	hoteltől	hotelektől

Possessive forms of hotel
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	hotelem	hoteljeim
2nd person sing.	hoteled	hoteljeid
3rd person sing.	hotelje	hoteljei
1st person plural	hotelünk	hoteljeink
2nd person plural	hoteletek	hoteljeitek
3rd person plural	hoteljük	hoteljeik

Derived terms

hotelszoba

References

↑ Tótfalusi István, Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára. Tinta Könyvkiadó, Budapest, 2005, ISBN 963 7094 20 2

Italian

Noun

hotel m ‎(invariable)

hotel or hotels
The letter H in the Italian phonetic alphabet

Synonyms

albergo

Polish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈxɔt̪ɛl/

Noun

hotel m inan

hotel

Declension

declension of hotel

	singular	plural
nominative	hotel	hotele
genitive	hotelu	hoteli
dative	hotelowi	hotelom
accusative	hotel	hotele
instrumental	hotelem	hotelami
locative	hotelu	hotelach
vocative	hotelu	hotele

Derived terms

hotelowy

Portuguese

Etymology

From French hôtel, from Latin hospitāle.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

hotel m (plural hotéis)

hotel

Romanian

Noun

hotel n ‎(plural hotele)

hotel

Related terms

hotelier

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

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

Noun

hòtel m ‎(Cyrillic spelling хо̀тел)

hotel

Declension

Declension of hotel

	singular	plural
nominative	hòtel	hoteli
genitive	hotèla	hotela
dative	hotelu	hotelima
accusative	hotel	hotele
vocative	hotele	hoteli
locative	hotelu	hotelima
instrumental	hotelom	hotelima