maison de passe
English
editEtymology
editFrom French maison de passe.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editmaison de passe (plural maisons de passe)
- A low-class hotel where rooms are rented out by the hour, especially to prostitutes and their clients.
- 1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 31:
- Of course in part it is due to the fact that it took place at the Princes Hotel - what the devil induced Piers to stay there instead of somewhere like the Bristol? Funds? It's virtually a maison de passe.
Synonyms
edit- See also Thesaurus:love hotel
French
editPronunciation
editNoun
editmaison de passe f (plural maisons de passe)
- (dated) maison de passe, love hotel
- Synonym: maison close
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