hotelier
/ˌoʊ.tɛlˈjeɪ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.39 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Near-synonym: hôtelière (feminine form, rare)"
- "Mumbai: Hotelier Gaurav Arya arrived at the Enforcement Directorate's (ED) office in Mumbai on Tuesday to record his statement in a money laundering case linked to actor Sushant Singh Rajput's death."
- "Jim managed to secure employment in a hotel on the lake shore, but even then I could see that his interest in being a hotelier was waning."
- "He was, by nature and choice, a hotelier and destined to become the most famous hotelier in the world."
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 hôtel Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Old French -ier Middle French -er French -ier French hôtelierbor. English hotelier Borrowed from French hôtelier.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌoʊ.tɛlˈjeɪ/
- British English: /həʊˈtɛl.i.ə/