โฮเต็ล

Thai edit

Etymology edit

From English hotel.

Pronunciation edit

Orthographicโฮเต็ล
o ɦ e t ˘ l
Phonemic
โฮ-เต็ล
o ɦ – e t ˘ l
โฮ-เต็น
o ɦ – e t ˘ n
RomanizationPaiboonhoo-dtelhoo-dten
Royal Instituteho-telho-ten
(standard) IPA(key)/hoː˧.tel˧/(R)/hoː˧.ten˧/(R)

Noun edit

โฮเต็ล (hoo-dtel)

  1. (colloquial) hotel.

Usage notes edit

The term was once in formal use to specifically refer to a western style hotel or similar business. But it is now colloquial.

Synonyms edit