"hotel" in seven languages
Meaninghotel
Spanish
/oˈtel/
masc.borrowed · French hôtel
French
/otɛl/
masc.inherited
Also a grand town house or public building: l'hôtel de ville (town hall).
Italian
/alˈbɛrgo/
masc.other source · Gothic/Germanic *haribergo 'army shelter'
Hotel is used too.
Portuguese
/oˈtɛw/
masc.borrowed · French hôtel
Romanian
/hoˈtel/
neut.borrowed · French hôtel
Catalan
/uˈtɛl/
masc.borrowed · French hôtel
English
/hoʊˈtɛl/
from Latin/French · French hôtel
The Latin ancestor
HOSPITĀLEM‘of a guest, hospitable (from HOSPES 'guest, host')’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
Hôtel and hospital are one word: the circumflex marks the s lost from hostel. Italian shelters guests with a Germanic word, the same as French auberge (inn).
English relatives: hotel, hostel, hospital, hospitality
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In a sentence
- esHemos reservado un hotel cerca de la playa.
- frOn a réservé un hôtel près de la plage.
- itAbbiamo prenotato un albergo vicino alla spiaggia.
- ptA gente reservou um hotel perto da praia.
- roAm rezervat un hotel lângă plajă.
- caHem reservat un hotel a prop de la platja.
- enWe booked a hotel near the beach.
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