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inn

name · noun · verb · 10 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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.

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  • ĭn
  • /ɪn/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɪn
  • homophone: in
  • CMU ARPABET: IH1 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A right tributary of the Danube in Switzerland, Austria and Germany.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Any establishment where travellers can procure lodging, food, and drink.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: hotel, inn, lodging, lodging house

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A tavern.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: alehouse, boozer, boozing ken, bousing ken, drinker, drinkery, gargle-factory, gin joint, groggery, local, nineteenth hole, pot-house, pub, public house, rummery, saloon, tavern, watering hole

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

One of the colleges (societies or buildings) in London, for students of the law barristers.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • the Inns of Court the Inns of Chancery Serjeants’ Inns

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

The town residence of a nobleman or distinguished person.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK, dated

Examples

  • Leicester Inn

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

A place of shelter; hence, dwelling, residence, abode.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

Initialism of international nonproprietary name.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

Topics: medicine, pharmacology, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: generic name, name

8

verb

Meaning 8

To take lodging; to lodge or house oneself.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive, obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

verb

Meaning 9

To lodge or house (someone or something).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete, transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

noun

Meaning 10

a hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: hostel, hostelry, lodge, auberge

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: hotel

Narrower terms: caravansary, caravanserai, khan, caravan inn, imaret, posthouse, post house, roadhouse

History

Etymology

From Middle English in, inn, from Old English inn (“a dwelling, house, chamber, lodging”); akin to Icelandic inni (“a dwelling place, home, abode”), Faroese inni (“home”).

Across languages

Translations

174 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • French: Inn — river
  • German: Inn — river
  • German: Inn — river
  • Hindi: इन (in) — river
  • Latin: Aenus — river
  • Marathi: इन (in) — river
  • Romansh: En — river
  • Albanian: mriz — lodging
  • Albanian: bujtinë — lodging
  • Albanian: han — lodging
  • Arabic: خَان (ḵān) — lodging
  • Arabic: اِسْتِرَاحَة (istirāḥa) — lodging
  • Armenian: հյուրանոց (hyuranocʻ) — lodging
  • Azerbaijani: mehmanxana — lodging
  • Bashkir: ҡунаҡхана (qunaqxana) — lodging
  • Belarusian: гасці́ніца (hascínica) — lodging
  • Belarusian: гасьці́ніца (hasʹcínica) — lodging
  • Belarusian: карчма́ (karčmá) — lodging
  • Bulgarian: хан (han) — lodging
  • Bulgarian: кръчма́ (krǎčmá) — lodging
  • Burmese: တည်းခိုခန်း (tany:hkuihkan:) — lodging
  • Catalan: posada — lodging
  • Chinese Cantonese: 旅社 (leoi5 se5) — lodging
  • Chinese Cantonese: 客棧 /客栈 — lodging
  • Hakka Chinese: 客店 (hak-tiam) — lodging
  • Chinese: 旅社 (zh-min-nan) — lodging
  • Chinese Mandarin: 旅社 (lǚshè) — lodging
  • Chinese Mandarin: 客棧 /客栈 (kèzhàn) — lodging
  • Chinese Mandarin: 旅店 (lǚdiàn) — lodging
  • Coptic: ⲡⲁⲛⲧⲟⲭⲓⲟⲛ (pantokhion) — lodging
  • Czech: hostinec — lodging
  • Czech: ubytovna — lodging
  • Danish: kro — lodging
  • Danish: herberg — lodging
  • Dutch: herberg — lodging
  • Esperanto: gastejo — lodging
  • Estonian: trahter — lodging
  • Estonian: võõrastemaja — lodging
  • Estonian: kõrts — lodging
  • Faroese: vertshús — lodging
  • Faroese: gistingarhús — lodging
  • Faroese: herbergi — lodging
  • Finnish: majatalo — lodging
  • Finnish: matkustajakoti — lodging
  • Finnish: matkakoti — lodging
  • French: auberge — lodging
  • Galician: pousada — lodging
  • Galician: albergue — lodging
  • Galician: albergaría — lodging
  • Galician: hospedaxe — lodging
  • Georgian: სასტუმრო (sasṭumro) — lodging
  • German: Herberge — lodging
  • Greek: πανδοχείο (pandocheío) — lodging
  • Ancient Greek: πανδοκεῖον (pandokeîon) — lodging
  • Hebrew: פֻּנְדָק \ פונדק (pundák) — lodging
  • Hindi: सराय (sarāy) — lodging
  • Hindi: धर्मशाला (dharmaśālā) — lodging
  • Hindi: पथिकाश्रय (pathikāśray) — lodging
  • Hindi: मरहला (marahlā) — lodging
  • Hindi: मुसाफ़िरख़ाना (musāfirxānā) — lodging
  • Hindi: मेहमानख़ाना (mehmānxānā) — lodging
  • Hindi: पांथशाला (pānthśālā) — lodging
  • Hindi: यात्री-निवास (yātrī-nivās) — lodging
  • Hungarian: fogadó — lodging
  • Hungarian: vendégfogadó — lodging
  • Hungarian: szálló — lodging
  • Hungarian: vendégház — lodging
  • Hungarian: panzió — lodging
  • Hungarian: szállás — lodging
  • Hungarian: szálláshely — lodging
  • Icelandic: gistihús — lodging
  • Icelandic: krá — lodging
  • Icelandic: gistiheimili — lodging
  • Ido: albergo — lodging
  • Indonesian: rumah inap — lodging
  • Irish: teach ósta — lodging
  • Italian: osteria — lodging
  • Italian: locanda — lodging
  • Japanese: 宿屋 (yadoya) — lodging
  • Japanese: 旅館 (ryokan) — lodging
  • Kazakh: мейманхана (meimanxana) — lodging
  • Kazakh: қонақ үй (qonaq üi) — lodging
  • Khmer: ភោជនាគារ (phoocĕəʼniəkiə) — lodging
  • Khmer: សណ្ឋាគារ (sɑnthaakiə) — lodging
  • Khmer: ហោតិល (haotəl) — lodging
  • Khmer: ផ្ទះសំណាក់ (phtĕəh sɑmnak) — lodging
  • Korean: 여관 (yeogwan) — lodging
  • Korean: 주막 (jumak) — lodging
  • Kyrgyz: трактир (traktir) — lodging
  • Kyrgyz: мейманкана (meymankana) — lodging
  • Kyrgyz: конокүй (konoküy) — lodging
  • Lao: ໂຮງແຮມ (hōng hǣm) — lodging
  • Latin: dēversorium — lodging
  • Latin: dēverticulum — lodging
  • Latin: caupōna — lodging
  • Latin: hospitāculum — lodging
  • Latin: hospitium — lodging
  • Latvian: viesnīca — lodging
  • Latvian: krogs — lodging
  • Lithuanian: karčema — lodging
  • Lithuanian: smuklė — lodging
  • Macedonian: ан (an) — lodging
  • Macedonian: конак (konak) — lodging
  • Macedonian: гостилница (gostilnica) — lodging
  • Macedonian: крчма (krčma) — lodging
  • Malay: rumah penginapan — lodging
  • Malay: inapan pinggir — lodging
  • Māori: wharetira — lodging
  • Mòcheno: birtshaus — lodging
  • Mongolian: дэн буудал (den buudal) — lodging
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kro — lodging
  • Norwegian Bokmål: gjestgiveri — lodging
  • Norwegian Bokmål: vertshus — lodging
  • Occitan: aubèrja — lodging
  • Pannonian Rusyn: карчма (karčma) — lodging
  • Iranian Persian: مِهْمانْسَرا (mehmânsarâ) — lodging
  • Iranian Persian: مُسافِرْخانِه (mosâferxâne) — lodging
  • Iranian Persian: مِهْمانْخانِه (mehmânxâne) — lodging
  • Polabian: albargă — lodging
  • Polish: zajazd — lodging
  • Polish: karczma — lodging
  • Polish: gospoda — lodging
  • Portuguese: albergue — lodging
  • Portuguese: pousada — lodging
  • Portuguese: estalagem — lodging
  • Romanian: han — lodging
  • Russian: тракти́р (traktír) — lodging
  • Russian: гости́ница (gostínica) — lodging
  • Russian: постоя́лый двор (postojályj dvor) — lodging
  • Russian: корчма́ (korčmá) — lodging
  • Serbo-Croatian: гостио́ница — lodging
  • Serbo-Croatian: gostiónica — lodging
  • Sicilian: fùnnacu — lodging
  • Sicilian: astirìa — lodging
  • Slovak: hostinec — lodging
  • Slovene: gostilna — lodging
  • Slovene: gostišče — lodging
  • Spanish: posada — lodging
  • Spanish: venta — lodging
  • Spanish: fonda — lodging
  • Spanish: mesón — lodging
  • Spanish: hostería — lodging
  • Spanish: fondac — lodging
  • Swedish: gästgiveri — lodging
  • Swedish: värdshus — lodging
  • Swedish: krog — lodging
  • Tajik: трактир (traktir) — lodging
  • Tajik: меҳмонхона (mehmonxona) — lodging
  • Tajik: майхона (mayxona) — lodging
  • Tajik: меҳмонсарой (mehmonsaroy) — lodging
  • Tajik: мусофирхона (musofirxona) — lodging
  • Tamil: விடுதி (viṭuti) — lodging
  • Tatar: кунакханә (qunaqxanä) — lodging
  • Telugu: హోటలు (hōṭalu) — lodging
  • Telugu: ధాభా (dhābhā) — lodging
  • Thai: โรงเตี๊ยม (roong-dtíiam) — lodging
  • Turkish: han — lodging
  • Turkish: konak — lodging
  • Turkish: meyhane — lodging
  • Turkish: misafirhane — lodging
  • Turkish: pansiyon — lodging
  • Ottoman Turkish: قوناق (konak) — lodging
  • Ottoman Turkish: میخانه (meyhane) — lodging
  • Turkmen: myhmanhana — lodging
  • Ukrainian: тракти́р (traktýr) — lodging
  • Ukrainian: готе́ль (hotélʹ) — lodging
  • Ukrainian: корчма́ (korčmá) — lodging
  • Urdu: مُسافِر خانَہ (musāfir xāna) — lodging
  • Urdu: مِہْمان سَرا (mihmān sarā) — lodging
  • Urdu: مِہْمان خانَہ (mihmān xāna) — lodging
  • Uyghur: مېھمانخانا (mëhmanxana) — lodging
  • Uzbek: mehmonxona — lodging
  • Vietnamese: quán trọ — lodging
  • Vietnamese: khách sạn — lodging