English
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese ラブホテル ( rabu hoteru ) , from English love + hotel , probably after the rotating sign of the Hotel Love, an early love hotel in Osaka , Japan .
Noun
love hotel (plural love hotels )
A short-stay hotel found in Japan and elsewhere, operated primarily for the purpose of allowing lovers privacy to have sexual intercourse .
Synonyms
Translations
short-stay hotel for sex
Chinese:
Mandarin: 情侶 酒店 / 情侣 酒店 ( qínglǚ jiǔdiàn ) , 情侣 酒店 ( qínglǚ jiǔdiàn ) , 愛情 旅館 / 爱情 旅馆 ( àiqíng lǚguǎn ) , 爱情 旅馆 ( àiqíng lǚguǎn ) , 情人 旅館 / 情人 旅馆 ( qíngrén lǚguǎn ) , 情人 旅馆 ( qíngrén lǚguǎn ) , 鐘點房 / 钟点房 ( zhōngdiǎnfáng ) , 钟点房 ( zhōngdiǎnfáng ) ( hourly rate hotel )
Finnish: tuntihotelli
French: love hotel m
German: Love Hotel n
Japanese: ラブホテル ( rabu hoteru ) , ラブホ ( rabuho ) , 連れ込み宿 ( つれこみやど, tsurekomiyado ) ( dated ) , ブティックホテル ( butikku hoteru ) ( industry euphemism ) , ファッションホテル ( fasshon hoteru ) ( industry euphemism )
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Korean: 러브호텔 (ko) ( reobeuhotel )
Portuguese: motel (pt) m
Russian: любо́вный оте́ль m ( ljubóvnyj otɛ́lʹ ) , мини- гости́ница f ( mini-gostínica ) , гости́ница с почасово́й опла́той f ( gostínica s počasovój oplátoj ) , гости́ница на час f ( gostínica na čas )
Spanish: albergue transitorio (es) m , telo (es) m
Swedish: kärlekshotell n
Thai: เลิฟโฮเต็ล ( lə́əf-hoo-dtel )