guesthouse

See also: guest house

English

Alternative forms

guest house
guest-house (infrequent)

Etymology

From Middle English gest hous, partly from Old English gæsthūs, gasthūs (“guesthouse, hostel; guest-chamber”); and partly from Old Norse gesthús (“guesthouse; guest-chamber”), corresponding to guest +‎ house.

Noun

guesthouse (plural guesthouses)

A small house near a main house, for lodging visitors.
A private house offering accommodation to paying guests; a boarding house; a bed and breakfast.

Synonyms

See also Thesaurus:pub

Hypernyms

house

Translations

small house for visitors

Afrikaans: gastehuis
Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Bulgarian: къща за гости f (kǎšta za gosti)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 賓館 (zh), 宾馆 (zh) (bīnguǎn), 客棧 (zh), 客栈 (zh) (kèzhàn)
Dutch: gastenverblijf (nl) n
Esperanto: gastejo
Finnish: vierasmaja, vierastalo
French: maison d'hôtes f, pension (fr) f
German: Gästehaus (de) n, Gästeheim n
Greek: ξενώνας (el) m (xenónas)
Italian: pensione (it) f
Japanese: ゲストハウス (gesutohausu)
Khmer: ផ្ទះសំណាក់ (pteah sɑmnak)
Korean: 게스트하우스 (geseuteuhauseu)

Lao: please add this translation if you can
Lü: ᦷᦣᧂᦶᦃᧅᧈᦶᦂᧁᧉ (hongẋaek¹k̇aew²)
Macedonian: пансио́н m (pansión), гости́лница f (gostílnica)
Maori: wharepuni
Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
Portuguese: casa de visitas f
Russian: пансио́н (ru) m (pansión), гости́ница (ru) f (gostínica), гостево́й дом m (gostevój dom), постоя́лый двор (ru) m (postojályj dvor) (dated)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: гостионица f

Roman: gostionica (sh) f
Spanish: pensión (es) f
Swedish: gästhus n
Thai: บ้านรับรอง (bâan ráp rong)
Vietnamese: nhà khách (vi)

boarding house — see boarding house

Anagrams

house guest, houseguest

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