hotel
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Pronunciation:/həʊˈtɛl, əʊ-/
noun
- 1 an establishment providing accommodation, meals, and other services for travellers and tourists, by the night
- chiefly Australian /NZ a pub
- 2 a code word representing the letter H, used in radio communication

Origin:
mid 18th century: from French hôtel, from Old French hostel (see hostel)

Usage
The normal pronunciation of hotel sounds the h-, which means that the preceding indefinite article is a. However , the older pronunciation without the h- is still occasionally heard, and leads to the preceding indefinite article being an rather than a. For a discussion of this, see an (usage)
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