capsule hotel en · NOUN
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.
Meanings
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A type of hotel with a number of very small "rooms" (capsules).
"In there?" Yamazaki indicates what he takes to be another door, like the entrance to a hutch, curtained with a soiled square of melon-yellow, foam-cored blanket, the sort of blanket one finds in a capsule hotel.
1999, William Gibson, All Tomorrow's Parties (Bridge trilogy; book 3), New York, N.Y.: Viking Press, →ISBN, page 3:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| capsule hotels | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Synonyms
Translations (12)
de Kapselhotel (hotel with capsules) · sv kapselhotell (hotel with capsules) · cmn 膠囊旅館 /胶囊旅馆 (hotel with capsules) · ru ка́псульный оте́ль (hotel with capsules) · ja カプセルホテル (hotel with capsules) · cmn 膠囊酒店 /胶囊酒店 (hotel with capsules) · fi kapselihotelli (hotel with capsules) · pt hotel cápsula (hotel with capsules) · pt hotel-cápsula (hotel with capsules) · es hotel cápsula (hotel with capsules) · fr hôtel capsule (hotel with capsules) · ko 캡슐 호텔 (hotel with capsules)