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hotel

/həʊˈtel/

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Translation

A building where you pay to sleep and stay for a short time, often when you are travelling.

Word origin

From French hotel, from Latin hospitale, a place that gives shelter to guests.

Origin
French
Root
hotel
English cognates
hospital, hostel

Grammar

Gender
Pluralhotels

Examples

near .

A "hotel" is a building where you pay to sleep.

centre.

"Hotels" is the plural, meaning more than one hotel.

.

Here "hotel" means the place where they stayed.

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This word is part of lesson 10.