different between hostel vs hotel

English

Etymology

From Middle English hostel, from Old French hostel, ostel, from Late Latin hospitale (“hospice”), from Classical Latin hospitalis (“hospitable”) itself from hospes (“host”) + -alis (“-al”). Doublet of hotel and hospital. Obsolete from the 16th to 18th centuries, until it was revived by Walter Scott.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?h?st?l/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?h?st?l/
• Homophone: hostile (one pronunciation)
• Rhymes: -?st?l

Noun

hostel (plural hostels)

1. A commercial overnight lodging place, with dormitory accommodation and shared facilities, especially a youth hostel

2. (not US) A temporary refuge for the homeless providing a bed and sometimes food
3. (obsolete) A small, unendowed college in Oxford or Cambridge.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:lodging place

Derived terms

• hosteler, hosteller
• hostelry
• youth hostel

Related terms

• host
• hostler
• hotel

Descendants

• ? Japanese: ???? (hosuteru)
• ? Korean: ??? (hoseutel)

Translations

See also

• hospice

Verb

hostel (third-person singular simple present hostels, present participle hosteling or hostelling, simple past and past participle hosteled or hostelled)

1. to stay in a hostel as part of a travel

Anagrams

• Holtes, Lhotse, Tholes, helots, hotels, hôtels, loseth, shotel, tholes

Czech

Noun

hostel m

1. hostel

Declension

Related terms

• host m

Middle English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old French hostel, ostel, from Latin hospit?lis, hospit?le. Doublet of hospital.

Alternative forms

• osteyl, hostele, ostel, hostell, hostelle, ostell, hostil

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /(h)?s?t??l/, /(h)?s?t?i?l/, /?(h)?st?l/

Noun

hostel (plural hosteles)

1. A hostel or guesthouse; accomodation.
2. Fun or diversion; entertaining activities.
3. A dwelling, dormitory or home; housing, lodging.
4. A house or place of residence; the household.
5. A owner or manager of a hostel.

Related terms

• hostellen
• hostelrye
• hostiler

Descendants

• English: hostel
• Scots: hostel

References

• “host??l, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-07.

Etymology 2

From Old French osteler, hosteler.

Verb

hostel

1. Alternative form of hostellen

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French ostel

Noun

hostel m (plural hostels)

1. shelter; living quarters; place to stay
2. hotel; hostel; inn (establishment offering rooms for hire)

Derived terms

• maistre d'hostel

Descendants

• French: hôtel (see there for further descendants)

Old French

Noun

hostel m (oblique plural hosteaus or hosteax or hostiaus or hostiax or hostels, nominative singular hosteaus or hosteax or hostiaus or hostiax or hostels, nominative plural hostel)

1. Alternative form of ostel

Polish

Noun

hostel m inan

1. hostel

Declension

Spanish

Noun

hostel m (plural hosteles)

1. hostel

English

Alternative forms

• hôtel (archaic)

Etymology

Borrowed from French hôtel, from Middle French hostel, from Old French ostel, from Late Latin hospit?lis, hospit?le (“hospice, shelter, guesthouse”), from Latin hospitalis (“hospitable”). Doublet of hostel and hospital.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /(h)???t?l/
• (US) enPR: h?-t?l?, IPA^(key): /ho??t?l/
• Rhymes: -?l
• Hyphenation: ho?tel

Noun

hotel (plural hotels)

1. (now chiefly historical) A large town house or mansion; a grand private residence, especially in France. [from 17th c.]
2. An establishment that provides accommodation and other services for paying guests; normally larger than a guesthouse, and often one of a chain. [from 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 […] .
3. (South Asia) A restaurant; any dining establishment.
4. Hotel, the letter H in the ICAO spelling alphabet. [from 20th c.]
5. The larger red property in the game of Monopoly, in contradistinction to houses.
6. The guest accommodation and dining section of a cruise ship.

Usage notes

• The UK pronunciation omitting the initial h is in imitation of the French hôtel and is now considered old-fashioned.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:lodging place

Derived terms

Related terms

• hostel

Descendants

Translations

See also

• inn
• motel

Anagrams

• Holte, Thole, helot, hetol, lothe, thole

Albanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /h?t?l/

Noun

hotel m (indefinite plural hotele, definite singular hoteli, definite plural hotelet)

1. hotel

Asturian

Etymology

Borrowed from French hôtel, from Latin hospit?le.

Noun

hotel m (plural hoteles)

1. hotel

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from French hôtel, from Latin hospit?le. Doublet of hospital and hostal.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /o?t?l/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /u?t?l/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /o?tel/

Noun

hotel m (plural hotels)

1. hotel

Czech

Etymology

From French hôtel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??ot?l/

Noun

hotel m inan

1. hotel

Declension

Derived terms

• hotýlek

Further reading

• hotel in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• hotel in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Etymology

From French hôtel.

Noun

hotel n (singular definite hotellet, plural indefinite hoteller)

1. hotel

Further reading

• “hotel” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Alternative forms

• hôtel (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from French hôtel, from Middle French hostel, from Old French ostel, from Latin hospit?lis. Doublet of hospitaal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?o??t?l/
• Hyphenation: ho?tel
• Rhymes: -?l

Noun

hotel n (plural hotels, diminutive hotelletje n)

1. hotel

Derived terms

• badhotel
• bijenhotel
• berghotel
• familiehotel
• hotelbed
• hotelbediende
• hoteleigenaar
• hotelgast
• hotelhouder
• hotelier
• hotelkamer
• hotelketen
• hotelschool
• strandhotel

Related terms

• botel
• motel

Descendants

• Afrikaans: hotel
• ? Indonesian: hotel
• ? West Frisian: hotel

Anagrams

• holte

Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from French hôtel, from Latin hospit?le.

Pronunciation

Noun

hotel m (plural hoteis)

1. hotel

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Hotel, from French hôtel, from Old French hostel, from Latin hospit?le.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?hot?l]
• Hyphenation: ho?tel
• Rhymes: -?l

Noun

hotel (plural hotelek)

1. hotel

Declension

Derived terms

• hotelszoba

References

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch hotel, from French hôtel, from Middle French hostel, from Old French ostel; inherited from Late Latin hospit?lis, hospit?le (“hospice, shelter, guesthouse”), noun use of Latin hospit?lis (“hospitable; pertaining to a host or guest”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?hot?l]
• Hyphenation: ho?tèl

Noun

hotèl (first-person possessive hotelku, second-person possessive hotelmu, third-person possessive hotelnya)

1. hotel, an establishment that provides accommodation and other services for paying guests; normally larger than a guesthouse, and often one of a chain.

Derived terms

Related terms

• hostel

Further reading

• “hotel” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from French hôtel, from Middle French hostel (“hostel”, “inn”), from Old French ostel (“shelter”), from Latin hospit?lis (“pertaining to hospitality”). Doublet of ospedale and ospitale.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /o?t?l/
• Hyphenation: ho?tèl

Noun

hotel m (invariable)

1. hotel(s)
2. The letter H in the Italian spelling alphabet.

Synonyms

• albergo

Related terms

• ostello

Descendants

• ? Cimbrian: hotèl

Polish

Etymology

From French hôtel, from Late Latin hospit?lis, hospit?le (“hospice, shelter, guesthouse”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?x?.t?l/

Noun

hotel m inan (diminutive hotelik)

1. hotel

Declension

Derived terms

• (adjective) hotelowy

Related terms

• (nouns) hotelarz, hotelarka, hotelarstwo, hoteling
• (adjective) hotelarski

Further reading

• hotel in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• hotel in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French hôtel, from Latin hospit?le. Doublet of hospital and hospedal.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /?.?t??/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /o.?t?w/, [ö.?t????]
• Rhymes: -?w

Noun

hotel m (plural hotéis)

1. hotel

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French hôtel, from Latin hospitale. Doublet of spital.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ho?tel/

Noun

hotel n (plural hotele)

1. hotel

Declension

Related terms

• hotelier

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /x?tel/
• Hyphenation: ho?tel

Noun

hòtel m (Cyrillic spelling ??????)

1. hotel

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French hôtel, from Latin hospit?le. Doublet of hospital and hostal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /o?tel/, [o?t?el]
• Rhymes: -el

Noun

hotel m (plural hoteles)

1. hotel

See also

Tok Pisin

Etymology

Borrowed from English hotel.

Noun

hotel

1. hotel

Vilamovian

Pronunciation

Noun

hotel ?

1. hotel