hotel

Meaning

Noun

• A large town house or mansion; a grand private residence, especially in France.
• An establishment that provides accommodation and other services for paying guests; normally larger than a guesthouse, and often one of a chain.
• A restaurant; any dining establishment.
• Hotel, the letter H in the ICAO spelling alphabet.
• The larger red property in the game of Monopoly, in contradistinction to houses.
• The guest accommodation and dining section of a cruise ship.

Origin

• Borrowed from French hôtel, from Middle French hostel, from Old French ostel, from Late Latin hospitalis ("hospice, shelter, guesthouse"), from Latin hospitalis ("hospitable"). hostel, and hospital.