hotel
/ˈhoʊ.tɛl/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.95 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A large town house or mansion; a grand private residence, especially in France.
noun
An establishment that provides accommodation and other services for paying guests; normally larger than a guesthouse, and often one of a chain.
noun
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Hotel from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.
noun
The larger red property in the game of Monopoly, in contradistinction to houses.
noun
The guest accommodation and dining section of a cruise ship.
Example Sentences
- "[T]he cream-coloured house (supposed to be modelled on the private hotels of the Parisian aristocracy) was there[.]"
- "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."
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.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈhoʊ.tɛl/
- British English: /həʊˈtɛl/