motel
English
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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
[edit]- (General American) IPA(key): /moʊˈtɛl/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- Rhymes: -ɛl
- Hyphenation: mo‧tel
Noun
[edit]motel (plural motels)
- (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.
- A low-cost short-stay hotel, often with hourly rates rather than daily rates, and notorious for permitting illicit sexual activities; love hotel.
Synonyms
[edit]- (hotel): See also Thesaurus:lodging place
- (love hotel): See also Thesaurus:love hotel
Derived terms
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See also
[edit]Verb
[edit]motel (third-person singular simple present motels, present participle moteling or motelling, simple past and past participle moteled or motelled)
- (informal, intransitive) To stay in a motel or motels.
Further reading
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[edit]Basque
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[edit]motel
Czech
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[edit]Noun
[edit]motel m inan
Declension
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “motel”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
- “motel”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “motel”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)
Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from English motel. The gender and pronunciation were adapted to agree with hotel.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]motel n (plural motels, diminutive motelletje n)
- A motel (roadside hotel for motorists).
French
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Noun
[edit]motel m (plural motels)
Further reading
[edit]- “motel”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
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[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]motel m (invariable)
- motel
- Synonyms: (rare) autostello, (rare) autoalbergo
Polish
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[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]motel m inan (diminutive motelik)
Declension
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- motel in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- motel in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
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[edit]Pronunciation
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Noun
[edit]motel m (plural motéis)
- love hotel (short-stay hotel for sex)
- 1999 October 11, Gabriel o Pensador, Lulu Santos (lyrics and music), “Astronauta” (1:08 from the start), in Nádegas a Declarar, performed by Lulu Santos, Sony Music:
- Eu vou pro mundo da lua / Que é feito um motel / Aonde os deuses e deusas / Se abraçam e beijam no céu
- I'm going to the world of the moon / Which is like a motel / Where the gods and goddesses / Hug and kiss in the sky
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “motel”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
- “motel”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- “motel”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
- “motel”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French motel, from English motel.
Noun
[edit]motel n (plural moteluri)
Declension
[edit]singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) motel | motelul | (niște) moteluri | motelurile |
genitive/dative | (unui) motel | motelului | (unor) moteluri | motelurilor |
vocative | motelule | motelurilor |
Serbo-Croatian
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[edit]Noun
[edit]mòtēl m (Cyrillic spelling мо̀те̄л)
Declension
[edit]Spanish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]motel m (plural moteles)
Further reading
[edit]- “motel”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Tagalog
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from English motel or Spanish motel.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /moˈtel/ [moˈt̪ɛl]
- Rhymes: -el
- Syllabification: mo‧tel
Noun
[edit]motél (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜆᜒᜎ᜔)
- motel
- love hotel; no-tell motel
- 2008, J. Luis Camacho, Dagta:
- Muli ko bang pahahabain ang puntong ito para hindi tumuloy sa dulo ng kuwento? Sa Cubao rin kami napunta sa mamahaling motel.
- Will I extend this part again so we don't reach the end of the story? We ended up in Cubao, in a classy love hotel.
Derived terms
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “motel”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
Turkish
[edit]Noun
[edit]motel (definite accusative moteli, plural moteller)
Declension
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- Rhymes:English/ɛl
- Rhymes:English/ɛl/2 syllables
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- en:Hotels
- Basque lemmas
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- cs:Buildings
- cs:Housing
- Dutch terms borrowed from English
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- Rhymes:Dutch/ɛl
- Dutch lemmas
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- fr:Hotels
- Italian terms borrowed from English
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- Italian 2-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Italian/ɛl
- Rhymes:Italian/ɛl/2 syllables
- Italian lemmas
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- Polish terms borrowed from English
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- Polish 2-syllable words
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- Polish terms with audio links
- Rhymes:Polish/ɔtɛl
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- Polish lemmas
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- pl:Hotels
- pl:Buildings
- Portuguese terms borrowed from English
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- Portuguese 2-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Portuguese/ɛl
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- Rhymes:Portuguese/ɛw
- Rhymes:Portuguese/ɛw/2 syllables
- Portuguese lemmas
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- pt:Sex
- Romanian terms borrowed from French
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- Spanish 2-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Spanish/el
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- Spanish lemmas
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- Mexican Spanish
- es:Businesses
- Tagalog terms borrowed from English
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- Rhymes:Tagalog/el
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- tr:Hotels