How do you use the word "hotel" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "hotel": You can't go naked in this hotel. I prefer a hotel by the airport.

Hotel Meaning

/həʊˈtɛl/

Definition, CEFR level A1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounA large town house or mansion; a grand private residence, especially in France.

nounAn establishment that provides accommodation and other services for paying guests; normally larger than a guesthouse, and often one of a chain.

Sentence Examples

You can't go naked in this hotel.

I prefer a hotel by the airport.

The hotel offers a high standard of comfort and service.

CEFR Practice Quiz

We booked a five-star ____ for our honeymoon with a beautiful view.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

We stayed in a luxury ____ that offered a stunning view of the ocean from our room balcony.

Word Origin & History

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.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"[T]he cream-coloured house (supposed to be modelled on the private hotels of the Parisian aristocracy) was there[.]" — 1920, Edith Wharton, chapter 2, in The Age of Innocence, New York: D. Appleton and Company:

"Floods in northern India, mostly in the small state of Uttarakhand, have wrought disaster on an enormous scale. The early, intense onset of the monsoon on June 14th swelled rivers, washing away roads, bridges, hotels and even whole villages. Rock-filled torrents smashed vehicles and homes, burying victims under rubble and sludge." — 2013 June 29, “High and wet”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8842, archived from the original on 01 Nov 2020, page 28:

"Liam Payne, a former member of the boyband One Direction, has died after falling from the third floor of a hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina, according to local police. Payne, who was 31, leaves behind his seven-year-old son, Bear." — 2024 October 16, Dan Heching, Manuela Castro, Mauricio Torres, Alli Rosenbloom and Christian Edwards, “Liam Payne, former One Direction member, dies after hotel balcony fall”, in CNN, archived from the original on 26 Feb 2025:

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