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English

Etymology

Blend of motor +? hotel, from the original Motel Inn of San Luis Obispo in California, USA, established in 1925 by Arthur Heineman (1878–1974).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /mo??t?l/
• Rhymes: -?l
• Hyphenation: mo?tel

Noun

motel (plural motels)

1. (also attributive) A type of hotel or lodging establishment, often located near a major highway, which typically features a series of rooms the entrances of which are immediately adjacent to a parking lot to facilitate convenient access to automobiles parked there.
2. A low-cost short-stay hotel, often with hourly rates rather than daily rates, and notorious for permitting illicit sexual activities; love hotel.

Synonyms

• (hotel): See also Thesaurus:lodging place
• (love hotel): See also Thesaurus:love hotel

Translations

See also

• hotel
• inn
• motor court
• tourist court

Verb

motel (third-person singular simple present motels, present participle moteling or motelling, simple past and past participle moteled or motelled)

1. (informal, intransitive) To stay in a motel or motels.

Further reading

• motel on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• metol

Basque

Noun

motel

1. stammerer

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?mot?l]

Noun

motel m inan

1. motel

Derived terms

• motýlek

Further reading

• motel in Kartotéka Novo?eského lexikálního archivu
• motel in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English motel. The gender and pronunciation were adapted to agree with hotel.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

motel n (plural motels, diminutive motelletje n)

1. A motel (roadside hotel for motorists).

Polish

Etymology

From English motel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?.t?l/

Noun

motel m inan (diminutive motelik)

1. motel

Declension

Derived terms

• (adjective) motelowy

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (General Brazilian) Rhymes: -?w

Noun

motel m (plural motéis)

1. love hotel (short-stay hotel for sex)

Romanian

Etymology

From French motel, from English motel.

Noun

motel n (plural moteluri)

1. motel

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?te?l/
• Hyphenation: mo?tel

Noun

mòt?l m (Cyrillic spelling ???????)

1. motel

Declension

Spanish

Pronunciation

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

Noun

motel m (plural moteles)

1. motel
2. (Mexico) brothel, whorehouse

Turkish

Noun

motel (definite accusative moteli, plural moteller)

1. motel

Declension

English

Etymology

Blend of boat +? hotel

Noun

botel (plural botels)

1. a floating hotel; a boat that acts as a hotel

Alternative forms

• boatel

Related terms

• motel

Translations

See also

• houseboat

Anagrams

• Bolte, betol, blote

Bislama

Etymology

From English bottle.

Noun

botel

1. bottle

Cornish

Etymology

Borrowed from English bottle.

Noun

botel f (plural botellow)

1. bottle

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from English botel.

Noun

botel m

1. botel

Declension

Related terms

• hotel
• motel

Welsh

Noun

botel

1. Soft mutation of potel.

Mutation