maison de passe

English

Etymology

From French maison de passe.

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈmeɪzɒn də pas/

Noun

maison de passe (plural maisons de passe)

  1. A low-class hotel where rooms are rented out by the hour, especially to prostitutes and their clients.
    • 1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber 1992, p. 31:
      Of course in part it is due to the fact that it took place at the Princes Hotel - what the devil induced Piers to stay there instead of somewhere like the Bristol? Funds? It's virtually a maison de passe.

French

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mɛ.zɔ̃ d(ə) pas/

Noun

maison de passe f (plural maisons de passe)

  1. maison de passe, love hotel
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