hotel
English
/(h)əʊˈtɛl/, /hoʊˈtɛl/
noun
Definitions
- (now) 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.
- (India) A restaurant; any dining establishment.
- The letter H in the ICAO spelling alphabet.
- The larger red property in the game of Monopoly, in contradistinction to houses.
- The guest accommodation and dining section of a cruise ship.
Etymology
Borrowed from French hôtel derived from Middle French hostel (hostel, inn) derived from Old French ostel (shelter) derived from Latin hospitālis, hospitalis, hospitāle, hospitalis (hospitable).
Origin
Latin
hospitalis
Gloss
hospitable
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antihotel English
- autohotel English
- ecohotel English
- hoteldom English
- hotelish English
- hotelkeeper English
- hotelkeeping English
- hotelless English
- hotellike English
- hotelling English
- hotelman English
- hotelward English
- hotelwards English
- hotelwide English
- hôtel English
- keeper English
- keeping English
- megahotel English
- multihotel English
- nonhotel English
- superhotel English
- hospes Latin
- hospitale Latin
- hospitalis Latin
- hospitāle Latin
- hospitālis Latin
- hospitālis, hospitalis, hospitāle Latin
- hospitālis, hospitāle Latin
- Hotel German
- Spital German
- hotel Italian
- ospitale Italian
- ostello Italian
- hotel Dutch, Flemish
- hôtel French
- hôtelier French
- hôtellerie French
- maître d'hôtel French
- отель Russian
- hotel Spanish, Castilian
- hotell Norwegian Bokmål
- hotel Portuguese
- hotell Swedish
- ホテル Japanese
- hotel Polish
- hotell Norwegian Nynorsk
- spitel Middle English
- hotel Danish
- hotel Czech
- hospital Old French
- hostel Old French
- ostel Old French
- osteler Old French
- hotel Catalan, Valencian
- होटल Hindi
- hotel Galician
- hotel Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- โฮเต็ล Thai
- otel Turkish
- ô ten Vietnamese
- хотел Bulgarian
- Hotel Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- ဟိုတယ် Burmese
- hostel Middle French
- হোটেল Assamese
- хотел Macedonian
- готель Ukrainian
- hoteli Swahili
- 호텔 Korean
- гатэль Belarusian
- hotel Asturian
- ihhotela Zulu
- ហោតិល Central Khmer
- អូតែល Central Khmer
- হোটেল Bengali
- hospital Old Occitan
- ostal Old Occitan
- ہوٹل Urdu
- oteeļ Marshallese
- wōteļ Marshallese
- ihotele Xhosa
- hotel Tok Pisin
- ஓட்டல் Tamil
- otel Haitian, Haitian Creole
- hōtēra Maori
- lihhotela Swati
- ispidale Sardinian
- होटल Nepali
- hutel Fiji Hindi
- ꤟꤢꤪ꤬ꤒꤢꤧ꤬ Western Kayah