motel in English: A small hotel beside a road where drivers stop for the night and park by their rooms. (noun)

Translation

A small hotel beside a road where drivers stop for the night and park by their rooms.

Word origin

A blend of motor and hotel, coined in the United States in the 1920s for hotels built to serve drivers.

Gender

Pluralmotels

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Motels sit beside big roads and wait for tired drivers.

parking .

Parking right by your door is the classic motel feature.

American films.

The word and the thing are both very American.

hotel

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

room

A part of a building with its own walls, floor, and door.

road

A long, hard path that cars and people use to travel from one place to another.

stay

To keep being in one place and not go away.

night

The dark part of each day, when the sun is down and people sleep.

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