motel

See also: Motel and motél

English

Etymology

A motel sign

Blend of motor +‎ hotel, from the original Motel Inn of San Luis Obispo in California, USA, established in 1925 by Arthur Heineman (1878–1974).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /moʊˈtɛl/
• Rhymes: -ɛl
• Hyphenation: mo‧tel

Noun

motel (plural motels)

1. (also attributive) A type of hotel or lodging establishment, often located near a major highway, which typically features a series of rooms the entrances of which are immediately adjacent to a parking lot to facilitate convenient access to automobiles parked there.
2. A low-cost short-stay hotel, often with hourly rates rather than daily rates, and notorious for permitting illicit sexual activities; love hotel.

Synonyms

• (hotel): See also Thesaurus:lodging place
• (love hotel): See also Thesaurus:love hotel

Translations

type of hotel

• Albanian: motel m
• Arabic: مُوتِيل m (mutil)
• Armenian: մոթել (hy) (motʻel)
• Azerbaijani: motel
• Belarusian: матэ́ль m (matélʹ)
• Bulgarian: моте́л m (motél)
• Burmese: မိုတယ် (muitai)
• Catalan: motel m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 汽車旅館／汽车旅馆 (zh) (qìchē lǚguǎn), 汽车旅馆 (zh) (qìchē lǚguǎn), 旅店 (zh) (lǚdiàn)

  Min Nan: mo͘-té-lù

• Cornish: karrostel m
• Czech: motel (cs) m
• Danish: motel (da) n
• Dutch: motel (nl) n
• Esperanto: motelo
• Estonian: motell
• Finnish: motelli (fi)
• French: motel (fr) m
• Galician: motel m
• Georgian: მოტელი (moṭeli)
• German: Motel (de) n
• Greek: μοτέλ (el) n (motél)
• Hebrew: מוֹטֶל (he) m (motél)
• Hindi: मोटेल m (moṭel)
• Hungarian: motel (hu)
• Ido: motelo
• Irish: óstán m, óstán cois bóthair m
• Italian: motel (it)
• Japanese: モーテル (mōteru), モテル (moteru)
• Kazakh: мотель (motel)
• Khmer: ម៉ូតែល (moutael)
• Korean: 모텔 (ko) (motel)
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• Kyrgyz: мотель (ky) (motel)
• Latvian: motelis m
• Lithuanian: motelis m
• Macedonian: моте́л m (motél)
• Malay: motel
• Manx: carlan oast f
• Maori: mōtēra
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: motell n

• Persian: متل (fa) (motel), راهسرا (fa)
• Polish: motel (pl) m
• Portuguese: hotel de beira de estrada m
• Romanian: motel (ro) n
• Russian: моте́ль (ru) m (motɛ́lʹ), автопансиона́т (ru) m (avtopansionát)
• Scottish Gaelic: taigh-òsta motarachd m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: мо̀те̄л m

  Roman: mòtēl (sh) m

• Slovak: motel (sk) m
• Slovene: motel (sl) m
• Spanish: motel (es) m
• Swedish: motell (sv) n
• Tajik: мотел (motel), мотель (tg) (motel)
• Thai: โมเต็ล (moo-dtel)
• Turkish: motel (tr)
• Turkmen: motel
• Ukrainian: моте́ль m (motélʹ)
• Urdu: موٹل m (moṭel)
• Uzbek: motel (uz)
• Vietnamese: mô-ten, mô ten
• Welsh: motél m or f
• Yiddish: מאָטעל m (motel)

See also

• hotel
• inn
• motor court
• tourist court

Verb

motel (third-person singular simple present motels, present participle moteling or motelling, simple past and past participle moteled or motelled)

1. (informal, intransitive) To stay in a motel or motels.

Further reading

• motel on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• metol

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Basque

Noun

motel

1. stammerer

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmotɛl]

Noun

1. motel

Further reading

• Template:R:KNLA
• Template:R:SSJC

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔ.tɛl/

• Audio:

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Noun

motel m inan

1. motel

Declension

Declension of motel

	singular	plural
nominative	motel	motele
genitive	motelu	moteli
dative	motelowi	motelom
accusative	motel	motele
instrumental	motelem	motelami
locative	motelu	motelach
vocative	motelu	motele

Further reading

• Template:R:PWN

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (General Brazilian) Rhymes: -ɛw

Noun

motel m (plural motéis)

1. love hotel (short-stay hotel for sex)

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mǒteːl/
• Hyphenation: mo‧tel

Noun

mòtēl m (Cyrillic spelling мо̀те̄л)

1. motel

Declension

Declension of motel

	singular	plural
nominative	mòtēl	moteli
genitive	motéla	motela
dative	motelu	motelima
accusative	motel	motele
vocative	motele	moteli
locative	motelu	motelima
instrumental	motelom	motelima

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /moˈtel/ [moˈt̪el]
• Rhymes: -el

Noun

motel m (plural moteles)

1. motel
2. (Mexico) brothel, whorehouse

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Turkish

Noun

motel (definite accusative moteli, plural moteller)

1. motel

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	motel
Definite accusative	moteli
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	motel	moteller
Definite accusative	moteli	motelleri
Dative	motele	motellere
Locative	motelde	motellerde
Ablative	motelden	motellerden
Genitive	motelin	motellerin
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular motelim motellerim 2nd singular motelin motellerin 3rd singular moteli motelleri 1st plural motelimiz motellerimiz 2nd plural moteliniz motelleriniz 3rd plural motelleri motelleri Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular motelimi motellerimi 2nd singular motelini motellerini 3rd singular motelini motellerini 1st plural motelimizi motellerimizi 2nd plural motelinizi motellerinizi 3rd plural motellerini motellerini Dative Singular Plural 1st singular motelime motellerime 2nd singular moteline motellerine 3rd singular moteline motellerine 1st plural motelimize motellerimize 2nd plural motelinize motellerinize 3rd plural motellerine motellerine Locative Singular Plural 1st singular motelimde motellerimde 2nd singular motelinde motellerinde 3rd singular motelinde motellerinde 1st plural motelimizde motellerimizde 2nd plural motelinizde motellerinizde 3rd plural motellerinde motellerinde Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular motelimden motellerimden 2nd singular motelinden motellerinden 3rd singular motelinden motellerinden 1st plural motelimizden motellerimizden 2nd plural motelinizden motellerinizden 3rd plural motellerinden motellerinden Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular motelimin motellerimin 2nd singular motelinin motellerinin 3rd singular motelinin motellerinin 1st plural motelimizin motellerimizin 2nd plural motelinizin motellerinizin 3rd plural motellerinin motellerinin