different between hotel vs pub

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

English

Pronunciation

• (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /p?b/
• (Northern England) IPA^(key): /p?b/
• Rhymes: -?b, -?b

Etymology 1

Clipping of public house

Noun

pub (plural pubs)

1. A public house where beverages, primarily alcoholic, may be bought and consumed, also providing food and sometimes entertainment such as live music or television.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pub

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

pub (third-person singular simple present pubs, present participle pubbing, simple past and past participle pubbed)

1. (informal, intransitive) To go to one or more public houses.

See also

• inn
• off-licence
• tavern

Etymology 2

Clipping of public server

Noun

pub (plural pubs)

1. (video games, slang) A public server.
   • 2002, "Sean C. Cunningham", if you play on random public servers, you're an ^[sic] tool and have no right to complain about cheaters. (on newsgroup alt.games.half-life.counterstrike)

     Well there's private servers and then there's pubs that do their best to make sure everyone plays fair. The second option will be a lot easier to find.

Etymology 3

Clipping of publication.

Noun

pub (plural pubs)

1. Clipping of publication.

   registered pubs

Etymology 4

Clipping of publish.

Verb

pub (third-person singular simple present pubs, present participle pubbing, simple past and past participle pubbed)

1. (informal, transitive) to publish

Anagrams

• UPB

Finnish

Alternative forms

• pubi

Noun

pub

1. pub

Declension

French

Etymology 1

Clipping of publicité.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pyb/

Noun

pub f (plural pubs)

1. Television ad or advert.

Derived terms

• pause pub
• pubard

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English pub.

Pronunciation

• (France) IPA^(key): /pœb/
• (Quebec) IPA^(key): /p?b/

Noun

pub m (plural pubs)

1. pub

Derived terms

• resto pub

Further reading

• “pub” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English pub.

Noun

pub m (invariable)

1. pub

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From British English pub (“public house”)

Noun

pub m (definite singular puben, indefinite plural puber, definite plural pubene)

1. a pub

Related terms

• bar

References

• “pub” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From British English pub (“public house”)

Noun

pub m (definite singular puben, indefinite plural pubar, definite plural pubane)

1. a pub

Related terms

• bar

References

• “pub” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

From English pub.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pap/

Noun

pub m inan

1. pub (public house)

Declension

Derived terms

• (adjective) pubowy

Further reading

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

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Austrian German Bub, Bube.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pû?b/ or IPA^(key): /pûb/

Noun

p?b or p?b m (Cyrillic spelling ???? or ????) (regional)

1. jack, knave in card games

Declension

Coordinate terms

References

• “pub” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal
• “pub”, in ?????? ???????????????? ????????? ?????? (in Serbo-Croatian), volume 5, ????? ?????????? ?????? edition, ???? ???, ??????: ?????? ??????, ?????? ????????, 1973, published 1990, page 282

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English pub.

Noun

pub m (plural pubs)

1. pub

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from English pub.

Noun

pub c

1. pub

Declension

Anagrams

• BUP, PBU