- a commercial establishment providing lodging and, usually, meals and other services for the public, esp. travelers
- in France, the mansion of a person of wealth or rank
Origin of hotel
French hôtel from Old French hostel, hostel
A room in a modern hotel.
The definition of a hotel is a place that provides temporary sleeping accommodations to travelers.
An example of a hotel is the Ramada or the Holiday Inn where travelers stay overnight.
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noun
An establishment that provides lodging and usually meals and other services for travelers and other paying guests.
Origin of hotel
French hôtel from Old French hostel hostel ; see hostel .THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Noun
(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.]
- 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.
- The practice of using the indefinite article an in front of a polysyllabic word staring with an unemphasised syllable beginning with an aitch, like hotel and historical, will be seen in older quotations but has become absent or quite rare in almost all circles.
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- The letter H in the ICAO spelling alphabet.
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Sentence Examples
- Well, if they turn you out, we'll just get a room at a hotel in Bartlesville.
- He wasn't in the lobby, so she stepped outside the hotel and sauntered down the boardwalk.
- If you want me to get a hotel room, I totally understand.
- When the reception was over we went back to the hotel and teacher slept quite unconscious of the surprise which was in store for her.
- "If that's so," Martha added, "that makes whoever stayed in that hotel room an accessory to murder!"
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