inn en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (US) audio
- ĭn
- /ɪn/
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”).
Meanings
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Any establishment where travellers can procure lodging, food, and drink.
[H]ow much more agreeable to himself to get into snug quarters in a chateau, [...] rather than take up with the miserable lodgement, and miserable fare of a country inn.
1824, Geoffrey Crayon [pseudonym; Washington Irving], “The Adventure of My Uncle”, in Tales of a Traveller, part 1 (Strange Stories. […]), Philadelphia, Pa.: H[enry] C[harles] Carey & I[saac] Lea, […], →OCLC, page 21:One morning I had been driven to the precarious refuge afforded by the steps of the inn, after rejecting offers from the Celebrity to join him in a variety of amusements. But even here I was not free from interruption, for he was seated on a horse-block below me, playing with a fox terrier.
1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter IV, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC, pages 46–47:
- A tavern.
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One of the colleges (societies or buildings) in London, for students of the law barristers.
the Inns of Court the Inns of Chancery Serjeants’ Inns
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(UK, dated) The town residence of a nobleman or distinguished person.
Leicester Inn
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(obsolete) A place of shelter; hence, dwelling, residence, abode.
Therefore with me ye may take vp your In / For this ſame night.
1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 33, page 12:But nowe ſadde Winter welked hath the day, / And Phœbus weary of his yerely taſ-ke: / Yſtabled hath his ſteedes in lowlye laye / And taken vp his ynne in Fiſhes haſ-ke.
1579, Immeritô [pseudonym; Edmund Spenser], “Nouember. Ægloga Vndecima.”, in The Shepheardes Calender: […], London: […] Hugh Singleton, […], →OCLC, folio 44, verso:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| inns | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
innful · innkeeper · innlike · innless · innyard · coach inn · New Inn · inmate · motor inn · posting inn · Tram Inn · innkeeping · coaching inn · no room at the inn · Cross Inn · innholder
Synonyms
tavern · lodging house · pot-house · watering hole · pub · gargle-factory · gin joint · inn · hotel · groggery · public house · saloon · drinker · boozer · boozing ken · lodging · nineteenth hole · alehouse · drinkery · rummery · bousing ken · local
Translations (170)
fa-ira مِهْمانْسَرا (lodging) · es hostería (lodging) · uk корчма́ (lodging) · sq han (lodging) · da kro (lodging) · pox albargă (lodging) · cmn 旅社 (lodging) · lt smuklė (lodging) · lv viesnīca (lodging) · gl hospedaxe (lodging) · hi मेहमानख़ाना (lodging) · scn fùnnacu (lodging) · gl albergaría (lodging) · az mehmanxana (lodging) · cop ⲡⲁⲛⲧⲟⲭⲓⲟⲛ (lodging) · cmn 客棧 /客栈 (lodging) · he פֻּנְדָק \ פונדק (lodging) · sv krog (lodging) · mk крчма (lodging) · rsk карчма (lodging) · kk қонақ үй (lodging) · bg хан (lodging) · sk hostinec (lodging) · be гасьці́ніца (lodging) · cs hostinec (lodging) · uk тракти́р (lodging) · ms rumah penginapan (lodging) · th โรงเตี๊ยม (lodging) · tr han (lodging) · uk готе́ль (lodging) · hu szálláshely (lodging) · kk мейманхана (lodging) · hu panzió (lodging) · ug مېھمانخانا (lodging) · la dēversorium (lodging) · it locanda (lodging) · pl zajazd (lodging) · hi मरहला (lodging) · is gistihús (lodging) · fa-ira مِهْمانْخانِه (lodging) · ko 여관 (lodging) · nl herberg (lodging) · tg майхона (lodging) · da herberg (lodging) · pl karczma (lodging) · gl albergue (lodging) · fo gistingarhús (lodging) · cmn 旅店 (lodging) · te హోటలు (lodging) · lt karčema (lodging) · tr konak (lodging) · tg мусофирхона (lodging) · sq bujtinë (lodging) · yue 旅社 (lodging) · oc aubèrja (lodging) · ky трактир (lodging) · ru гости́ница (lodging) · sq mriz (lodging) · sl gostilna (lodging) · sv gästgiveri (lodging) · cs ubytovna (lodging) · grc πανδοκεῖον (lodging) · lv krogs (lodging) · be карчма́ (lodging) · ca posada (lodging) · ru корчма́ (lodging) · et kõrts (lodging) · nb gjestgiveri (lodging) · tr meyhane (lodging) · mk ан (lodging) · hu szállás (lodging) · sh гостио́ница (lodging) · tk myhmanhana (lodging) · ga teach ósta (lodging) · es venta (lodging) · sl gostišče (lodging) · et trahter (lodging) · te ధాభా (lodging) · fi matkakoti (lodging) · ar اِسْتِرَاحَة (lodging) · tg меҳмонсарой (lodging) · fr auberge (lodging) · tt кунакханә (lodging) · es mesón (lodging) · la hospitāculum (lodging) · ta விடுதி (lodging) · ota قوناق (lodging) · yue 客棧 /客栈 (lodging) · ko 주막 (lodging) · scn astirìa (lodging) · pt estalagem (lodging) · hi पथिकाश्रय (lodging) · pl gospoda (lodging) · ka სასტუმრო (lodging) · vi quán trọ (lodging) · et võõrastemaja (lodging) · mn дэн буудал (lodging) · sh gostiónica (lodging) · nb vertshus (lodging) · eo gastejo (lodging) · mi wharetira (lodging) · tr misafirhane (lodging) · de Herberge (lodging) · pt albergue (lodging) · hi अतिथिगृह (lodging) · km ផ្ទះសំណាក់ (lodging) · es posada (lodging) · fi matkustajakoti (lodging) · hi यात्री-निवास (lodging) · ar خَان (lodging) · uz mehmonxona (lodging) · hu fogadó (lodging) · pt pousada (lodging) · mn xotoos zajduu oršix zočid buudal (lodging) · mk конак (lodging) · lo ໂຮງແຮມ (lodging) · be гасці́ніца (lodging) · ur مُسافِر خانَہ (lodging) · la dēverticulum (lodging) · la caupōna (lodging) · hi अतिथिशाला (lodging) · ur مِہْمان خانَہ (lodging) · ba ҡунаҡхана (lodging) · it osteria (lodging) · ja 旅館 (lodging) · ota میخانه (lodging) · ru тракти́р (lodging) · ms inapan pinggir (lodging) · tr pansiyon (lodging) · km ហោតិល (lodging) · hu vendégfogadó (lodging) · el πανδοχείο (lodging) · ky конокүй (lodging) · is krá (lodging) · nb kro (lodging) · bg кръчма́ (lodging) · hi मुसाफ़िरख़ाना (lodging) · is gistiheimili (lodging) · hi धर्मशाला (lodging) · id rumah inap (lodging) · fo vertshús (lodging) · tg трактир (lodging) · nan-hbl 旅社 (lodging) · tg меҳмонхона (lodging) · gl pousada (lodging) · mhn birtshaus (lodging) · es fondac (lodging) · la hospitium (lodging) · fa-ira مُسافِرْخانِه (lodging) · ru постоя́лый двор (lodging) · sv värdshus (lodging) · mk гостилница (lodging) · km ភោជនាគារ (lodging) · ur مِہْمان سَرا (lodging) · fi majatalo (lodging) · hu szálló (lodging) · hu vendégház (lodging) · fo herbergi (lodging) · my တည်းခိုခန်း (lodging) · vi khách sạn (lodging) · io albergo (lodging) · km សណ្ឋាគារ (lodging) · ky мейманкана (lodging) · es fonda (lodging) · ja 宿屋 (lodging) · hi सराय (lodging) · hy հյուրանոց (lodging) · hi पांथशाला (lodging) · hak 客店 (lodging) · ro han (lodging)