hotel

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Estimated CEFR level: A2 — Elementary

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Definition

  1. noun a building where travelers can pay for lodging and meals and other services

Etymology

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

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