hotel

plural hotels · alternative archaic hôtel

1. historicalA large town house or mansion; a grand private residence, especially in France.First known use 17th c.

   [T]he cream-coloured house (supposed to be modelled on the private hotels of the Parisian aristocracy) was there[.]

   1920, Edith Wharton, chapter 2, in The Age of Innocence, New York: D. Appleton and Company

2. An establishment that provides accommodation and other services for paying guests; normally larger than a guesthouse, and often one of a chain.First known use 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 […] .

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   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.

   2013 June 29, “High and wet”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8842, archived from the original on 01 Nov 2020, page 28

   Liam Payne, a former member of the boyband One Direction, has died after falling from the third floor of a hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina, according to local police. Payne, who was 31, leaves behind his seven-year-old son, Bear.

   2024 October 16, Dan Heching, Manuela Castro, Mauricio Torres, Alli Rosenbloom and Christian Edwards, “Liam Payne, former One Direction member, dies after hotel balcony fall”, in CNN, archived from the original on 26 Feb 2025

3. AustraliaCanadaWesternA public house or pub.
4. South AsiaA restaurant; any dining establishment.
5. international standardsAlternative 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.