# motel
## English
### Etymology

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

* (General American) IPA: /moʊˈtɛl/
** Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛl
* Hyphenation: mo‧tel

### Noun

motel (plural motels)
* (also attributive) A type of hotel or lodging establishment, often located near a major highway, which typically features a series of rooms whose entrances are immediately adjacent to a parking lot to facilitate convenient access to parked automobiles.
* 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

#### Derived terms

* graybar motel
* hot-sheet motel
* no-tell motel
* roach 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)
* (informal, intransitive) To stay in a motel or motels.

### Further reading

* motel on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### Anagrams

* metol

## Basque
### Noun

motel
* stammerer

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈmotɛl]

### Noun

motel m inan
* motel

#### Derived terms

* motýlek

### Further reading

* “motel”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
* “motel”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “motel”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from English motel. The gender and pronunciation were adapted to agree with hotel.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /moːˈtɛl/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: mo‧tel
* Rhymes: -ɛl

### Noun

motel n (plural motels, diminutive motelletje n)
* a motel (roadside hotel for motorists)

## French
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

motel m (plural motels)
* motel

### Further reading

* “motel”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Italian
### Etymology

Borrowed from English motel.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /moˈtɛl/
* Rhymes: -ɛl
* Hyphenation: mo‧tèl

### Noun

motel m (invariable)
* motel
    Synonyms: (rare) autostello, (rare) autoalbergo

## Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from English motel.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmɔ.tɛl/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔtɛl
* Syllabification: mo‧tel

### Noun

motel m inan (diminutive motelik, related adjective motelowy)
* motel

#### Declension
### Further reading

* motel in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* motel in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from English motel.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /moˈtɛw/ [moˈtɛʊ̯]
* (Portugal) IPA: /mɔˈtɛl/ [mɔˈtɛɫ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /mɔˈtɛl/ [mɔˈtɛɫ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /mɔˈtɛ.li/
* Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɛl, (Brazil) -ɛw
* Hyphenation: mo‧tel

### Noun

motel m (plural motéis)
* love hotel (short-stay hotel for sex)
** 1999 October 11, Gabriel o Pensador, Lulu Santos (lyrics and music), “Astronauta” (1:08 from the start), in Nádegas a Declarar, performed by Lulu Santos, Sony Music:Eu vou pro mundo da lua / Que é feito um motel / Aonde os deuses e deusas / Se abraçam e beijam no céuI'm going to the world of the moon / Which is like a motel / Where the gods and goddesses / Hug and kiss in the sky

#### Derived terms

* moteleiro

### Further reading

* “motel”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
* “motel”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “motel”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “motel”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French motel, from English motel.

### Noun

motel n (plural moteluri)
* motel

#### Declension
## Serbo-Croatian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mǒteːl/
* Hyphenation: mo‧tel

### Noun

mòtēl m (Cyrillic spelling мо̀те̄л)
* motel

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /moˈtel/ [moˈt̪el]
* Rhymes: -el
* Syllabification: mo‧tel

### Noun

motel m (plural moteles)
* motel
* (Mexico) brothel, whorehouse

### Further reading

* “motel”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Tagalog
### Etymology

Borrowed from English motel or Spanish motel.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /moˈtel/ [moˈt̪ɛl]
* Rhymes: -el
* Syllabification: mo‧tel

### Noun

motél (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜆᜒᜎ᜔)
* motel
* love hotel; no-tell motel
** 2008, J. Luis Camacho, Dagta:Muli ko bang pahahabain ang puntong ito para hindi tumuloy sa dulo ng kuwento? Sa Cubao rin kami napunta sa mamahaling motel.Will I extend this part again so we don't reach the end of the story? We ended up in Cubao, in a classy love hotel.

#### Derived terms

* motmot

#### Related terms

* otel

### Further reading

* “motel”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

## Turkish
### Noun

motel (definite accusative moteli, plural moteller)
* motel

#### Declension

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 :