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guesthouse en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈɡɛsthaʊs/
• (Southern-England) audio

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.

Meanings

1. A small house near a main house, for lodging visitors.
   • The wine house and the guest house were hung with curtains shining bright against the wooden walls. 1961, Norma Lorre Goodrich, “Beowulf”, in The Medieval Myths, New York: The New American Library, page 32:
2. A private house offering accommodation to paying guests; a boarding house; a bed and breakfast.
   • For me, in any case, Ladakh seemed a beautifully unfallen place next to the blue-glass shopping malls of modern Lhasa, the global village of pizza joints and guesthouses that is urban Nepal, or long-isolated Bhutan with its chic new hotels. 2009 March 13, Pico Iyer, “Heaven’s Gate”, in The New York Times:
   • And Ms. Davies’s 7,000-square-foot guesthouse, the only building from the original estate to survive, is already a favorite among card-playing foursomes and others who want to lounge on the second-story deck and watch dolphins bob in the whitecapped waves. 2009 August 30, Laura M. Holson, “A Dip Into Hollywood”, in The New York Times:
   • Low-season competition between the several backpackers and many guesthouses in town keeps prices down, but in high season expect steep price hikes (except at the backpackers) and book ahead. 2004, Mary Fitzpatrick et al., South Africa, Lesotho, and Swaziland, Lonely Planet, →ISBN, page 199:

Forms

Hypernyms

house

Hyponyms

paying guest house (client accommodations) · PG house (client accommodations)

Translations (110)

ru гостево́й дом (small house for visitors) · cmn 客棧 /客栈 (small house for visitors) · tg майхона (small house for visitors) · ur مِہْمان سَرا (small house for visitors) · pl pensjonat (small house for visitors) · nb gjestgiveri (small house for visitors) · hi मेहमानख़ाना (small house for visitors) · ru постоя́лый двор (small house for visitors) · de Gästeheim (small house for visitors) · lt svečių namai (small house for visitors) · ur مُسافِر خانَہ (small house for visitors) · ro pensiune (small house for visitors) · tg меҳмонхона (small house for visitors) · grc ξενίδιον (small house for visitors) · uz mehmonxona (small house for visitors) · be пансіён (small house for visitors) · bn অতিথিশালা (small house for visitors) · tt кунакханә (small house for visitors) · ja ゲストハウス (small house for visitors) · da gæstehus (small house for visitors) · mn зочид буудал (small house for visitors) · mk пансио́н (small house for visitors) · eo gastejo (small house for visitors) · hu panzió (small house for visitors) · hi अतिथिशाला (small house for visitors) · is gistiheimili (small house for visitors) · tg меҳмонсарой (small house for visitors) · uk пансіо́н (small house for visitors) · ar مَضْيَفَة (small house for visitors) · kmr mêvanxane (small house for visitors) · ko 게스트하우스 (small house for visitors) · bg пансио́н (small house for visitors) · khb ᦷᦣᧂᦶᦃᧅᧈᦶᦂᧁᧉ (small house for visitors) · bg къ́ща за го́сти (small house for visitors) · sh гостио́ница (small house for visitors) · tr misafirhane (small house for visitors) · ur مِہْمان خانَہ (small house for visitors) · sl gostišče (small house for visitors) · th โรงเตี๊ยม (small house for visitors) · gu મહેમાનખાનું (small house for visitors) · th บ้านรับรอง (small house for visitors) · sk hostinec (small house for visitors) · kk мейманхана (small house for visitors) · pt casa de visitas (small house for visitors) · hi मुसाफ़िरख़ाना (small house for visitors) · ar نُزُل (small house for visitors) · tr pansiyon (small house for visitors) · fa-ira مُسافِرْخانِه (small house for visitors) · km ផ្ទះសំណាក់ (small house for visitors) · be гасьці́ніца (small house for visitors) · fa-ira مِهْمانْسَرا (small house for visitors) · lv pansionāts (small house for visitors) · de Gasthof (small house for visitors) · fi vierasmaja (small house for visitors) · sl gostilna (small house for visitors) · fr maison d'hôte (small house for visitors) · lt pensionas (small house for visitors) · vi nhà khách (small house for visitors) · id pesanggrahan (small house for visitors) · fa-ira مِهْمانْخانِه (small house for visitors) · az mehmanxana (small house for visitors) · it pensione (small house for visitors) · ky мейманкана (small house for visitors) · el ξενώνας (small house for visitors) · af gastehuis (small house for visitors) · la pēnsiō (small house for visitors) · nb gjestehus (small house for visitors) · tk myhmanhana (small house for visitors) · de Gästehaus (small house for visitors) · my တည်းခိုခန်း (small house for visitors) · da pensionat (small house for visitors) · my ဧည့်ရိပ်သာ (small house for visitors) · hi अतिथिगृह (small house for visitors) · sk penzión (small house for visitors) · lv viesu nams (small house for visitors) · fr pension (small house for visitors) · be гасьцявы́ дом (small house for visitors) · sv gästhem (small house for visitors) · is gistihús (small house for visitors) · mk гости́лница (small house for visitors) · ug مېھمانخانا (small house for visitors) · tr konukevi (small house for visitors) · hy հյուրատուն (small house for visitors) · et võõrastemaja (small house for visitors) · sh gostiónica (small house for visitors) · cmn 賓館 /宾馆 (small house for visitors) · fi vierastalo (small house for visitors) · cs penzion (small house for visitors) · cs hostinec (small house for visitors) · be гасцявы́ дом (small house for visitors) · ar دَار ضِيَافَة (small house for visitors) · ru гости́ница (small house for visitors) · it alberghetto (small house for visitors) · sv gäststuga (small house for visitors) · hi पांथशाला (small house for visitors) · nl gastenverblijf (small house for visitors) · ba ҡунаҡхана (small house for visitors) · ru пансио́н (small house for visitors) · ka სასტუმრო (small house for visitors) · be гасці́ніца (small house for visitors) · uk гостьови́й буди́нок (small house for visitors) · mi wharepuni (small house for visitors) · az qonaq evi (small house for visitors) · et külalistemaja (small house for visitors) · tg мусофирхона (small house for visitors) · es pensión (small house for visitors) · gu અતિથિગૃહ (small house for visitors) · ar دَار إِقَامَة (small house for visitors) · hi गेस्ट हाउस (small house for visitors) · sv gästhus (small house for visitors)