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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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