hotel
hotel
noun oh-TEL Rare
Origin: French hôtel, from Old French hostel
Usage Note
Hotel is an invariable masculine noun borrowed from French — the plural is identical to the singular: gli hotel (no -i ending). The 'h' is silent, so Italians say l'hotel (with elision). It is interchangeable with l'albergo in everyday speech, though hotel tends to sound slightly more international.
Examples
"Abbiamo prenotato un hotel vicino al mare."
Natural Translation
We booked a hotel near the sea.
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