guesthouse
/ˈɡɛsthaʊs/
guesthouse noun: a small house near a main house, for lodging visitors.
Noun
guesthouse (plural guesthouses)
- A small house near a main house, for lodging visitors.
- The wine house and the guest house were hung with curtains shining bright against the wooden walls.1961, Norma Lorre Goodrich, “Beowulf”, in The Medieval Myths, New York: The New American Library, page 32
- A private house offering accommodation to paying guests; a boarding house; a bed and breakfast.
- Low-season competition between the several backpackers and many guesthouses in town keeps prices down, but in high season expect steep price hikes (except at the backpackers) and book ahead.2004, Mary Fitzpatrick et al., South Africa, Lesotho, and Swaziland, Lonely Planet, →ISBN, page 199
- For me, in any case, Ladakh seemed a beautifully unfallen place next to the blue-glass shopping malls of modern Lhasa, the global village of pizza joints and guesthouses that is urban Nepal, or long-isolated Bhutan with its chic new hotels.2009 March 13, Pico Iyer, “Heaven’s Gate”, in The New York Times
guesthouse meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Bengali and Telugu
guesthouse in Hindi
- small house for visitors
- अतिथिगृह atithigŕh, अतिथिशाला atithiśālā, मुसाफ़िरख़ाना musāfirxānā, मेहमानख़ाना mehmānxānā, पांथशाला pānthśālā, गेस्ट हाउस gesṭ hāus
guesthouse in Urdu
- small house for visitors
- مِہْمان خانَہ mihmān xāna, مُسافِر خانَہ musāfir xāna, مِہْمان سَرا mihmān sarā
guesthouse in Bengali
- small house for visitors
- অতিথিশালা otithiśala
guesthouse in Telugu
- guesthouse
- అతిథిగృహము atithigr̥hamu
More languagesFewer languages
- guesthouse in Gujarati
- મહેમાનખાનું mahemānkhānũ, અતિથિગૃહ atithigŕh
- guesthouse in Arabic
- مَضْيَفَة maḍyafa, دَار ضِيَافَة dār ḍiyāfa, دَار إِقَامَة dār ʔiqāma, نُزُل nuzul
- guesthouse in Indonesian
- pesanggrahan
- guesthouse in Thai
- บ้านรับรอง bâan-ráp-rɔɔng, โรงเตี๊ยม roong-dtíiam
- guesthouse in Vietnamese
- nhà khách
- guesthouse in Myanmar
- တည်းခိုခန်း tany:hkuihkan:, ဧည့်ရိပ်သာ e-ny.ripsa
Forms of guesthouse
| plural | guesthouses |
|---|---|
| alternative form (rare) | guest house |
| alternative form (rare) | guest-house |
Origin of guesthouse
From Middle English gest hous, gistenehus, gystehuse, gesthus, partly from Old English gæsthūs, ġesthūs (“guesthouse, hostel; guest-chamber”), from Proto-West Germanic *gastihūs; and partly from Old Norse gesthús (“guesthouse; guest-chamber”); both from Proto-Germanic *gastihūsą, corresponding to guest + house.
Questions about guesthouse
- What does guesthouse mean?
- Guesthouse means a small house near a main house, for lodging visitors.
- What is guesthouse in Hindi?
- Guesthouse in Hindi is अतिथिगृह (atithigŕh), अतिथिशाला (atithiśālā), मुसाफ़िरख़ाना (musāfirxānā). See Guesthouse meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is guesthouse?
- Guesthouse is a noun.
- How do you pronounce guesthouse?
- Guesthouse is pronounced /ˈɡɛsthaʊs/.
- What is the plural of guesthouse?
- The plural of guesthouse is guesthouses.
Words near guesthouse in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: guesthouse (page history and authors); అతిథిగృహము (Telugu) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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