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hotel

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See also: Hotel, hotèl, hótel, hôtel, and hoṭél

Translingual

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Noun

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hotel

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Hotel of the ICAO/NATO radiotelephony alphabet.

English

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Pere Marquette Hotel
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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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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.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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hotel (plural hotels)

  1. (now chiefly historical) A large town house or mansion; a grand private residence, especially in France. [from 17th c.]
    • 1920, Edith Wharton, chapter 2, in The Age of Innocence, New York: D. Appleton and Company:
      [T]he cream-coloured house (supposed to be modelled on the private hotels of the Parisian aristocracy) was there[.]
  3. 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.]
    • 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 […] .
    • 2013 June 29, “High and wet”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8842, page 28:
      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.
  4. (South Asia) A restaurant; any dining establishment.
  5. (international standards) Alternative letter-case form of Hotel from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.
  6. The larger red property in the game of Monopoly, in contradistinction to houses.
  7. The guest accommodation and dining section of a cruise ship.
  8. (Australia, western Canada) A pub.

Usage notes

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  • The UK pronunciation omitting the initial /h/ is in imitation of the French hôtel and is now considered old-fashioned (unless of course the speaker always drops /h/).

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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Translations

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Anagrams

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Albanian

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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hotel m (plural hotele, definite hoteli, definite plural hotelet)

  1. hotel

Declension

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Declension of hotel
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative hotel hoteli hotele hotelet
accusative hotelin
dative hoteli hotelit hoteleve hoteleve
ablative hotelesh

Asturian

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Asturian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Borrowed from French hôtel.

Noun

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hotel m (plural hoteles)

  1. hotel

Catalan

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French hôtel, from Latin hospitāle. Doublet of hospital and hostal.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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hotel m (plural hotels)

  1. hotel

Czech

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Czech Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Borrowed from French hôtel.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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hotel m inan

  1. hotel

Declension

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Declension of hotel (hard masculine inanimate)
singular plural
nominative hotel hotely
genitive hotelu hotelů
dative hotelu hotelům
accusative hotel hotely
vocative hotele hotely
locative hotelu hotelích, hotelech
instrumental hotelem hotely

Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • “hotel”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • “hotel”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • “hotel”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Danish

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Etymology

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From French hôtel.

Noun

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hotel n (singular definite hotellet, plural indefinite hoteller)

  1. hotel

Further reading

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Dutch

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Dutch Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nl

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French hôtel, from Middle French hostel, from Old French ostel, from Latin hospitālis. Doublet of hospitaal.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɦoːˈtɛl/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: ho‧tel
  • Rhymes: -ɛl

Noun

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hotel n (plural hotels, diminutive hotelletje n)

  1. hotel

Derived terms

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Descendants

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Anagrams

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Galician

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French hôtel, from Latin hospitāle.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɔˈtɛl/ [ɔˈt̪ɛɫ]
  • Rhymes: -ɛl
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: ho‧tel

Noun

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hotel m (plural hoteis)

  1. hotel
    Hotel de cinco estrelas..
    Five-star hotel..

Further reading

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Hungarian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from German Hotel, from French hôtel, from Old French hostel, from Latin hospitāle. [1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈhotɛl]
  • Hyphenation: ho‧tel
  • Rhymes: -ɛl

Noun

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hotel (plural hotelek)

  1. hotel
    Synonyms: szálloda, szálló

Declension

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Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative hotel hotelek
accusative hotelt hoteleket
dative hotelnek hoteleknek
instrumental hotellel hotelekkel
causal-final hotelért hotelekért
translative hotellé hotelekké
terminative hotelig hotelekig
essive-formal hotelként hotelekként
essive-modal — —
inessive hotelben hotelekben
superessive hotelen hoteleken
adessive hotelnél hoteleknél
illative hotelbe hotelekbe
sublative hotelre hotelekre
allative hotelhez hotelekhez
elative hotelből hotelekből
delative hotelről hotelekről
ablative hoteltől hotelektől
non-attributive
possessive – singular 		hotelé hoteleké
non-attributive
possessive – plural 		hoteléi hotelekéi
Possessive forms of hotel
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. hotelem hoteljeim
2nd person sing. hoteled hoteljeid
3rd person sing. hotelje hoteljei
1st person plural hotelünk hoteljeink
2nd person plural hoteletek hoteljeitek
3rd person plural hoteljük hoteljeik

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Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative hotel hotelok
accusative hotelt hotelokat
dative hotelnak hoteloknak
instrumental hotellal hotelokkal
causal-final hotelért hotelokért
translative hotellá hotelokká
terminative hotelig hotelokig
essive-formal hotelként hotelokként
essive-modal — —
inessive hotelban hotelokban
superessive hotelon hotelokon
adessive hotelnál hoteloknál
illative hotelba hotelokba
sublative hotelra hotelokra
allative hotelhoz hotelokhoz
elative hotelból hotelokból
delative hotelról hotelokról
ablative hoteltól hoteloktól
non-attributive
possessive – singular 		hotelé hoteloké
non-attributive
possessive – plural 		hoteléi hotelokéi
Possessive forms of hotel
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. hotelom hoteljaim
2nd person sing. hotelod hoteljaid
3rd person sing. hotelja hoteljai
1st person plural hotelunk hoteljaink
2nd person plural hotelotok hoteljaitok
3rd person plural hoteljuk hoteljaik

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN
  2. ^ Hotelok, hotelek (e-nyelv.hu)

Further reading

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  • hotel in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Indonesian

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Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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From Dutch hotel, from French hôtel, from Middle French hostel, from Old French ostel; inherited from Late Latin hospitālis, hospitāle (“hospice, shelter, guesthouse”), noun use of Latin hospitālis (“hospitable; pertaining to a host or guest”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈhotɛl]
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  • Hyphenation: ho‧tèl

Noun

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hotèl (plural hotel-hotel)

  1. 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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Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

  • perhotelan [causative passive + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peR- + -an)
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Further reading

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Italian

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Italian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Borrowed from French hôtel, from Middle French hostel (“hostel”, “inn”), from Old French ostel (“shelter”), from Latin hospitālis (“pertaining to hospitality”). Doublet of ospedale and ospitale.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /oˈtɛl/
  • Rhymes: -ɛl
  • Hyphenation: ho‧tèl

Noun

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hotel m (invariable)

  1. hotel(s)
  2. the letter H in the Italian spelling alphabet

Synonyms

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Descendants

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Malay

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Malay Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia ms

Etymology

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From English hotel.

Noun

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hotel (plural hotel-hotel, informal 1st possessive hotelku, 2nd possessive hotelmu, 3rd possessive hotelnya)

  1. hotel (establishment that provides accommodation for paying guests)

Polish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French hôtel. Doublet of hostel and szpital.

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Noun

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hotel m inan (diminutive hotelik)

  1. hotel

Declension

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Declension of hotel
singular plural
nominative hotel hotele
genitive hotelu hoteli/hotelów
dative hotelowi hotelom
accusative hotel hotele
instrumental hotelem hotelami
locative hotelu hotelach
vocative hotelu hotele

Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • hotel in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • hotel in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French hôtel, from Latin hospitāle.[1] Doublet of hospital and hospedal.

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  • Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɛl, (Brazil) -ɛw
  • Hyphenation: ho‧tel

Noun

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hotel m (plural hotéis)

  1. hotel

References

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  1. ^ “hotel”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

Romanian

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Hotel
Romanian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia ro

Etymology

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Borrowed from French hôtel, from Latin hospitale. Doublet of spital.

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Noun

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hotel n (plural hotele)

  1. hotel

Declension

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Declension of hotel
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative hotel hotelul hotele hotelele
genitive-dative hotel hotelului hotele hotelelor
vocative hotelule hotelelor
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Serbo-Croatian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /xǒtel/
  • Hyphenation: ho‧tel

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hòtel m (Cyrillic spelling хо̀тел)

  1. hotel

Declension

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Declension of hotel
singular plural
nominative hòtel hoteli
genitive hotèla hotela
dative hotelu hotelima
accusative hotel hotele
vocative hotele hoteli
locative hotelu hotelima
instrumental hotelom hotelima

Slovak

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French hôtel.

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Noun

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hotel m inan (genitive singular hotela, nominative plural hotely, genitive plural hotelov, declension pattern of stroj)

  1. hotel

Declension

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Declension of hotel (pattern dub)
singularplural
nominativehotelhotely
genitivehotelahotelov
dativehoteluhotelom
accusativehotelhotely
locativehotelihoteloch
instrumentalhotelomhotelmi

References

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  • “hotel”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

Slovene

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from French hôtel.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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hotél m anim

  1. hotel
Inflection
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 The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Masculine anim., hard o-stem
nom. sing. hotél
gen. sing. hotéla
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik) 		hotél hotéla hotéli
genitive
(rodȋlnik) 		hotéla hotélov hotélov
dative
(dajȃlnik) 		hotélu hotéloma hotélom
accusative
(tožȋlnik) 		hotéla hotéla hotéle
locative
(mẹ̑stnik) 		hotélu hotélih hotélih
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik) 		hotélom hotéloma hotéli

Further reading

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  • “hotel”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Participle

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hóteł

  1. masculine singular l-participle of hoteti

Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French hôtel. Doublet of hospital and hostal.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /oˈtel/ [oˈt̪el]
  • Rhymes: -el
  • Syllabification: ho‧tel

Noun

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hotel m (plural hoteles)

  1. hotel

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(See also):

Further reading

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Tok Pisin

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English hotel.

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hotel

  1. hotel

Vilamovian

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Etymology

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From French hôtel.

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hotel ?

  1. hotel
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