hotel
n. countablen. a building where you pay to stay in a room for a short time, usually while traveling. It often provides meals and other services like a gym or a pool.
n. an establishment providing paid accommodation, meals, and other guest services on a short-term basis.
We are staying at a hotel near the beach.
The business traveler booked a hotel room for three nights while attending the conference in the city center.
While budget hostels cater to younger travelers, this luxury hotel offers high-end amenities including a full-service spa and twenty-four-hour concierge assistance.
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *hostipotjālis Latin hospitālis Old French ostel Middle French hostel French hôtelbor. English hotel 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.
Commonly used with the prepositions 'at' or 'in'.