English → Latin
“hotel” in Latin
īnsulaisland; insula, a residential or apartment block (usually for the lower class), tenement, apartment buildingturristower, especially a military tower for siege, advanced to the walls on wheels, or one on a wall for defense; loosely use
The English word hotel itself goes back to Latin hospes, through hospitālis.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
hotel
Inn, Vid:
Town mansion of a wealthy person, insula (large private house, with no adjoining houses): turris (any towering edifice; hence=castle, etc.): but ☞ domus (as general term) is the usual term.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for hotel?
- The usual Latin words for “hotel” are īnsula, turris. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.