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capsule hotel

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A type of hotel with a number of very small "rooms" (capsules).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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History

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of Japanese カプセルホテル (kapuseru hoteru), itself a wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism) derived from capsule + hotel.

Across languages

Translations

12 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 膠囊酒店 /胶囊酒店 (jiāonáng jiǔdiàn) — hotel with capsules
  • Chinese Mandarin: 膠囊旅館 /胶囊旅馆 (jiāonáng lǚguǎn) — hotel with capsules
  • Finnish: kapselihotelli — hotel with capsules
  • French: hôtel capsule — hotel with capsules
  • German: Kapselhotel — hotel with capsules
  • Japanese: カプセルホテル (kapuseruhoteru) — hotel with capsules
  • Korean: 캡슐 호텔 — hotel with capsules
  • Portuguese: hotel-cápsula — hotel with capsules
  • Portuguese: hotel cápsula — hotel with capsules
  • Russian: ка́псульный оте́ль (kápsulʹnyj otɛ́lʹ) — hotel with capsules
  • Spanish: hotel cápsula — hotel with capsules
  • Swedish: kapselhotell — hotel with capsules