inn

See also -inn, INN, and Appendix:Variations of "in"

English

Etymology

Old English inn.

Pronunciation

• enPR: ĭn, IPA: /ɪn/, X-SAMPA: /In/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ɪn
• Homophone: in

Noun

Wikipedia inn (plural inns)

1. Any establishment where travellers can procure lodging, food, and drink.
2. A tavern.

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:pub

Translations

lodging

• Bashkir: ҡунаҡхана (qunaqxana)
• Chinese:

  Gan: 旅社 (li3 sa5)

  Mandarin: 旅社 (cmn) (lǚshè)

• Czech: hostinec (cs) m, ubytovna (cs) f
• Dutch: herberg (nl) m
• Esperanto: gastejo (eo)
• Faroese: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: majatalo (fi), matkustajakoti (fi), matkakoti (fi)
• French: auberge (fr) f
• German: Herberge (de) f
• Greek: πανδοχείο (el) (pandocheío) n, χάνι (el) (cháni) n (obsolete)
• Ido: albergo (io)
• Italian: osteria (it) f, locanda (it) f
• Japanese: 宿屋 (ja) (やどや, yadoya), (Japanese style) 旅館 (ja) (りょかん (ja), ryokan)
• Khmer: ភោជនាល័យ (km) (pʰoucʊə’n aalay)
• Latin: dēverticulum (la) n, hospitāculum (la) n, hospitium (la) n

• Latvian: please add this translation if you can
• Macedonian: ан (mk) (an) m, конак (mk) (kónak) m, гостилница (mk) (gostílnica) f
• Norwegian: gjestgiveri (no) n, vertshus (no) n
• Persian: مهمانسرا (fa) (mehmânsarâ)
• Polish: zajazd (pl) m
• Portuguese: albergue (pt)
• Romanian: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: трактир (ru) (traktír) m, гостиница (ru) (gostínica) f, (dated) постоялый двор (ru) (postojályj dvor) m
• Slovak: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: posada (es) f
• Swedish: gästgiveri (sv) n, värdshus (sv) n
• Telugu: హోటలు (te) (hōṭalu), ధాభా (te) (dhābhā)
• Turkish: han (tr)

tavern

• Armenian: պանդոկ (hy) (pandok)
• Esperanto: taverno (eo)
• Faroese: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: kievari (fi), kapakka (fi), taverna (fi), pubi (fi), ravintola (fi)
• French: taverne (fr) f
• German: Gasthaus (de) n
• Italian: osteria (it) f
• Japanese: 居酒屋 (ja) (いざかや (ja), izakaya)
• Khmer: ភោជនាគារ (km) (pʰoucea’niekie)
• Latvian: please add this translation if you can

• Macedonian: гостилница (mk) (gostílnica) f, крчма (mk) (k'rčma) f
• Norwegian: kro (no) m, taverna (no) m
• Polish: please add this translation if you can
• Portuguese: taverna (pt), taverna (pt) m
• Romanian: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: таверна (ru) (tavérna) f
• Slovak: please add this translation if you can
• Slovene: gostilna (sl) f
• Swedish: krog (sv) c

See also

bed and breakfast guesthouse hostel

hotel motel

Verb

inn (third-person singular simple present inns, present participle inning, simple past and past participle inned)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To house; to lodge.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Chaucer to this entry?)

2. (obsolete, intransitive) To take lodging; to lodge.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Addison to this entry?)

Anagrams

• NNI

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Gothic

Romanization

inn

1. See 𐌹𐌽𐌽

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Icelandic

Adverb

inn

1. in, inside

   Hvenær komumst við inn?

   When can we get inside?

Derived terms

• brjótast inn
• draga inn
• líta inn
• kaupa inn
• líta inn á
• inn við beinið

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Norwegian Bokmål

Adverb

inn

1. in

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse inn.

Preposition

inn

1. in, into

   Dei gjekk inn i hòla.

   They walked into the cave.

Adverb

inn

1. inside (usually a building)

   Lat oss gå inn.

   Let's go inside.

References

• “inn” in The Nynorsk Dictionary – Dokumentasjonsprosjektet.

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Old English

Etymology

Probably from inne (“in, inside”).

Noun

inn n

1. inn