🇫🇷 French

hôtels

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masculine

les hôtels

hotels

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hôtels
/lez otɛl/
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How do you say hôtels in French?

IPA
/lez otɛl/

How do you pronounce hôtels in French?

hôtels is pronounced /lez otɛl/ in French.

Example sentences

L'hôtel est très ancien et bien préservé.

The hotel is very old and well preserved.

Cet hôtel luxueux offre un service impeccable à ses clients.

This luxurious hotel offers impeccable service to its clients.

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Why is it masculine?

Hôtels is masculine because it derives from the Old French "hostel," which came from the Latin "hospitale" (neuter noun meaning "hospice" or "lodging place"), but when adopted into Old French, it took the masculine gender through the influence of the -el suffix, which typically creates masculine nouns. The word's gender became fixed in French tradition despite its neuter Latin origins.

What is the French word for hotels?

The French word for hotels is les hôtels — masculine.

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