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motel
motel /moˈtel/
noun#3378 most common
Also: roadside inn, motor lodge
Example sentences
Noaptea aceasta dormim la un motel.
Tonight we are sleeping at a motel.
Motelul este lângă autostradă.
The motel is next to the highway.
Am rezervat o cameră la motelul din oraș.
I booked a room at the motel in town.
Motelurile de pe marginea drumului sunt adesea ieftine, dar simple.
Roadside motels are often cheap but plain.
Deși motelul părea modest din exterior, camerele erau curate și confortabile.
Although the motel looked modest from the outside, the rooms were clean and comfortable.
Proprietarul motelului povestea cu nostalgie despre vremurile în care călătorii se opreau acolo pe traseele lungi dintre orașe.
The motel's owner spoke with nostalgia about the times when travelers used to stop there on the long routes between cities.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | motelul | motelurile |
| Genitive | motelului | motelurilor |
| Accusative | motelul | motelurile |
| Vocative | motelule | motelurilor |
Word family
motelurimotels (plural)
hotelhotel, a related lodging establishmentpensiuneguesthouse, bed and breakfast
cazareaccommodation, lodging
Etymology
Romanian borrowed "motel" directly from English in the mid-20th century, as the word spread internationally along with the roadside-lodging concept it names. The English original is itself a 1920s blend of "motor" and "hotel." Romanian took the finished word as a single unit rather than building it from native parts, which is why it does not split into a recognizable Romanian root and suffix.
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