motel

See also: Motel

English

Etymology
A motel sign

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

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.

Translations

See also

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

Anagrams

Basque

Noun

motel

  1. stammerer

Czech

Noun

motel m

  1. motel

Further reading
  • motel in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
  • motel in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Polish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈmɔ.tɛl/
  • Audio(file)

Noun

motel m inan

  1. motel

Declension
declension of motel
singular plural
nominative motel motele
genitive motelu moteli
dative motelowi motelom
accusative motel motele
instrumental motelem motelami
locative motelu motelach
vocative motelu motele

Further reading
  • motel in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation
  • (General Brazilian) Rhymes: -ɛw

Noun

motel m (plural motéis)

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

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mǒteːl/
  • Hyphenation: mo‧tel

Noun

mòtēl m (Cyrillic spelling мо̀те̄л)

  1. motel

Declension
Declension of motel
singular plural
nominative mòtēl moteli
genitive motéla motela
dative motelu motelima
accusative motel motele
vocative motele moteli
locative motelu motelima
instrumental motelom motelima

Spanish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /moˈtel/, [moˈt̪el]
  • Rhymes: -el

Noun

motel m (plural moteles)

  1. motel
  2. (Mexico) brothel, whorehouse

Turkish

Noun

motel (definite accusative moteli, plural moteller)

  1. motel

Declension
Inflection
Nominative motel
Definite accusative moteli
Singular Plural
Nominative motel moteller
Definite accusative moteli motelleri
Dative motele motellere
Locative motelde motellerde
Ablative motelden motellerden
Genitive motelin motellerin
Possessive forms
Singular Plural
1st singular motelim motellerim
2nd singular motelin motellerin
3rd singular moteli motelleri
1st plural motelimiz motellerimiz
2nd plural moteliniz motelleriniz
3rd plural motelleri motelleri
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