noun
Meaning 1
A small house near a main house, for lodging visitors.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
guesthouse
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈɡɛsthaʊs/
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CMU ARPABET: G EH1 S T HH AW2 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A private house offering accommodation to paying guests; a boarding house; a bed and breakfast.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
a house separate from the main house; for housing guests
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: house
History
Etymology
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.
Across languages
Translations
110 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Afrikaans: gastehuis — small house for visitors
- Arabic: مَضْيَفَة (maḍyafa) — small house for visitors
- Arabic: دَار ضِيَافَة (dār ḍiyāfa) — small house for visitors
- Arabic: دَار إِقَامَة (dār ʔiqāma) — small house for visitors
- Armenian: հյուրատուն (hyuratun) — small house for visitors
- Azerbaijani: mehmanxana — small house for visitors
- Azerbaijani: qonaq evi — small house for visitors
- Bashkir: ҡунаҡхана (qunaqxana) — small house for visitors
- Belarusian: гасцявы́ дом (hascjavý dom) — small house for visitors
- Belarusian: гасьцявы́ дом (hasʹcjavý dom) — small house for visitors
- Belarusian: гасці́ніца (hascínica) — small house for visitors
- Belarusian: гасьці́ніца (hasʹcínica) — small house for visitors
- Belarusian: пансіён (pansijón) — small house for visitors
- Bengali: অতিথিশালা (otithiśala) — small house for visitors
- Bulgarian: къ́ща за го́сти (kǎ́šta za gósti) — small house for visitors
- Bulgarian: пансио́н (pansión) — small house for visitors
- Burmese: တည်းခိုခန်း (tany:hkuihkan:) — small house for visitors
- Burmese: ဧည့်ရိပ်သာ (e-ny.ripsa) — small house for visitors
- Chinese Mandarin: 賓館 /宾馆 (bīnguǎn) — small house for visitors
- Chinese Mandarin: 客棧 /客栈 (kèzhàn) — small house for visitors
- Czech: penzion — small house for visitors
- Czech: hostinec — small house for visitors
- Danish: gæstehus — small house for visitors
- Danish: pensionat — small house for visitors
- Dutch: gastenverblijf — small house for visitors
- Esperanto: gastejo — small house for visitors
- Estonian: võõrastemaja — small house for visitors
- Estonian: külalistemaja — small house for visitors
- Finnish: vierasmaja — small house for visitors
- Finnish: vierastalo — small house for visitors
- French: maison d'hôte — small house for visitors
- French: pension — small house for visitors
- Georgian: სასტუმრო (sasṭumro) — small house for visitors
- German: Gästehaus — small house for visitors
- German: Gästeheim — small house for visitors
- German: Gasthof — small house for visitors
- Greek: ξενώνας (xenónas) — small house for visitors
- Ancient Greek: ξενίδιον (xenídion) — small house for visitors
- Gujarati: મહેમાનખાનું (mahemānkhānũ) — small house for visitors
- Gujarati: અતિથિગૃહ (atithigŕh) — small house for visitors
- Hindi: अतिथि गृह (atithi gŕh) — small house for visitors
- Hindi: अतिथिगृह (atithigŕh) — small house for visitors
- Hindi: अतिथिशाला (atithiśālā) — small house for visitors
- Hindi: मुसाफ़िरख़ाना (musāfirxānā) — small house for visitors
- Hindi: मेहमानख़ाना (mehmānxānā) — small house for visitors
- Hindi: पांथशाला (pānthśālā) — small house for visitors
- Hindi: गेस्ट हाउस (gesṭ hāus) — small house for visitors
- Hungarian: panzió — small house for visitors
- Icelandic: gistihús — small house for visitors
- Icelandic: gistiheimili — small house for visitors
- Indonesian: pesanggrahan — small house for visitors
- Italian: pensione — small house for visitors
- Italian: alberghetto — small house for visitors
- Japanese: ゲストハウス (gesutohausu) — small house for visitors
- Kazakh: мейманхана (meimanxana) — small house for visitors
- Khmer: ផ្ទះសំណាក់ (phtĕəh sɑmnak) — small house for visitors
- Korean: 게스트하우스 (geseuteuhauseu) — small house for visitors
- Northern Kurdish: mêvanxane — small house for visitors
- Kyrgyz: мейманкана (meymankana) — small house for visitors
- Latin: pēnsiō — small house for visitors
- Latvian: viesu nams — small house for visitors
- Latvian: pansionāts — small house for visitors
- Lithuanian: svečių namai — small house for visitors
- Lithuanian: pensionas — small house for visitors
- Lü: ᦷᦣᧂᦶᦃᧅᧈᦶᦂᧁᧉ (hongẋaek1k̇aew2) — small house for visitors
- Macedonian: пансио́н (pansión) — small house for visitors
- Macedonian: гости́лница (gostílnica) — small house for visitors
- Māori: wharepuni — small house for visitors
- Mongolian: зочид буудал (zočid buudal) — small house for visitors
- Norwegian Bokmål: gjestgiveri — small house for visitors
- Norwegian Bokmål: gjestehus — small house for visitors
- Iranian Persian: مِهْمانْسَرا (mehmânsarâ) — small house for visitors
- Iranian Persian: مُسافِرْخانِه (mosâferxâne) — small house for visitors
- Iranian Persian: مِهْمانْخانِه (mehmânxâne) — small house for visitors
- Polish: pensjonat — small house for visitors
- Portuguese: casa de visitas — small house for visitors
- Romanian: pensiune — small house for visitors
- Russian: пансио́н (pansión) — small house for visitors
- Russian: гости́ница (gostínica) — small house for visitors
- Russian: гостево́й дом (gostevój dom) — small house for visitors
- Russian: постоя́лый двор (postojályj dvor) — small house for visitors
- Serbo-Croatian: гостио́ница — small house for visitors
- Serbo-Croatian: gostiónica — small house for visitors
- Slovak: penzión — small house for visitors
- Slovak: hostinec — small house for visitors
- Slovene: gostilna — small house for visitors
- Slovene: gostišče — small house for visitors
- Spanish: pensión — small house for visitors
- Swedish: gästhus — small house for visitors
- Swedish: gästhem — small house for visitors
- Swedish: gäststuga — small house for visitors
- Tajik: меҳмонхона (mehmonxona) — small house for visitors
- Tajik: меҳмонсарой (mehmonsaroy) — small house for visitors
- Tajik: майхона (mayxona) — small house for visitors
- Tajik: мусофирхона (musofirxona) — small house for visitors
- Tatar: кунакханә (qunaqxanä) — small house for visitors
- Thai: บ้านรับรอง (bâan-ráp-rɔɔng) — small house for visitors
- Thai: โรงเตี๊ยม (roong-dtíiam) — small house for visitors
- Turkish: misafirhane — small house for visitors
- Turkish: pansiyon — small house for visitors
- Turkish: meyhane — small house for visitors
- Turkmen: myhmanhana — small house for visitors
- Ukrainian: гостьови́й буди́нок (hostʹovýj budýnok) — small house for visitors
- Ukrainian: пансіо́н (pansión) — small house for visitors
- Urdu: مِہْمان خانَہ (mihmān xāna) — small house for visitors
- Urdu: مُسافِر خانَہ (musāfir xāna) — small house for visitors
- Urdu: مِہْمان سَرا (mihmān sarā) — small house for visitors
- Uyghur: مېھمانخانا (mëhmanxana) — small house for visitors
- Uzbek: mehmonxona — small house for visitors
- Vietnamese: nhà khách — small house for visitors