motel
French, noun\mɔ.tɛl\
motel is spelled M-O-T-E-L (5 letters) and appears 1.7 times per million words in written French, the 22,520th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Motel is a French masculine noun meaning “motel” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Hôtel situé au bord d’une route accueillant principalement des automobilistes qui peuvent parfois garer leur…”.
What does motel mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemotel
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Hôtel situé au bord d’une route accueillant principalement des automobilistes qui peuvent parfois garer leur automobile juste devant leur porte de chambre.
noun: 1. Maître d’hôtel.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of motel
- motels plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce motel?
- \mɔ.tɛl\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to motel
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is motel in French?
motel appears 1.7 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).