hotel
nountop 1 000 in film dialogue
- United Kingdom//həʊˈtɛl//
- United Kingdom//əʊˈtɛl//
- Canada//hoːˈtɛl//
- //hɒˈtɛl//
- //ˈhoʊ.tɛl//
An establishment that provides accommodation and other services for paying guests; normally larger than a guesthouse, and often one of a chain.
noun
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historicalA large town house or mansion; a grand private residence, especially in France.
[T]he cream-coloured house (supposed to be modelled on the private hotels of the Parisian aristocracy) was there[.]
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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 […] .
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.
Liam Payne, a former member of the boyband One Direction, has died after falling from the third floor of a hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina, according to local police. Payne, who was 31, leaves behind his seven-year-old son, Bear.
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A public house or pub.
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A restaurant; any dining establishment.
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The larger red property in the game of Monopoly, in contradistinction to houses.
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The guest accommodation and dining section of a cruise ship.
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Variant of Hotel from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic AlphabetAlternative letter-case form of Hotel from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.
Etymology
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.
Forms
- plural
- hotels
hotel · An establishment that provides accommodation and other services for paying guests; normally larger than a guesthouse, and often one of a chain.
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