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love hotel

love hotel noun: a short-stay hotel found in Japan and elsewhere, operated primarily for the purpose of allowing lovers privacy to have sexual intercourse.

Noun

love hotel (plural love hotels)

  1. A short-stay hotel found in Japan and elsewhere, operated primarily for the purpose of allowing lovers privacy to have sexual intercourse.
    • Love hotels differ in terms of price (from about $30 per hour and up), decoration (some may offer features such as sex swings, hot tubs, or round beds, and many are themed), and architecture […].2021, Margo DeMello, On the Job: An Encyclopedia of Unique Occupations around the World, Bloomsbury, →ISBN, page 137

love hotel meaning in Marathi and Thai

love hotel in Marathi

short-stay hotel for sex
लव्ह होटेल lavha hoṭel

love hotel in Thai

short-stay hotel for sex
เลิฟโฮเต็ล lə́əf-hoo-dtel

Synonyms of love hotel

Forms of love hotel

plurallove hotels

Origin of love hotel

Phono-semantic matching of Japanese ラブホテル (rabu hoteru), itself a wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism) derived from love + hotel. The term probably makes reference to the rotating sign of the Hotel Love, an early love hotel in Osaka, Japan.

Questions about love hotel

What does love hotel mean?
Love hotel means a short-stay hotel found in Japan and elsewhere, operated primarily for the purpose of allowing lovers privacy to have sexual intercourse.
What is love hotel in Marathi?
Love hotel in Marathi is लव्ह होटेल (lavha hoṭel). See Love hotel meaning in Marathi.
What part of speech is love hotel?
Love hotel is a noun.
What is the plural of love hotel?
The plural of love hotel is love hotels.

Words near love hotel in the dictionary

  1. love hearts
  2. love hold
  3. love holds
  4. love hole
  5. love holes
  6. love hotel
  7. love hotels
  8. love in a mist
  9. love in a puff
  10. love in a puffs
  11. love interest

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