/moʊˈtɛl/
OriginBlend of motor + hotel, from the original Motel Inn of San Luis Obispo in California, USA, established in 1925 by Arthur Heineman (1878–1974).
- also, attributiveA type of hotel or lodging establishment, often located near a major highway, which typically features a series of rooms whose entrances are immediately adjacent to a parking lot to facilitate convenient access to parked automobiles.
- A low-cost short-stay hotel, often with hourly rates rather than daily rates, and notorious for permitting illicit sexual activities; love hotel.
- informal, intransitiveTo stay in a motel or motels.
Formsmotels(plural) · motels(present, singular, third-person) · motelling(participle, present) · motelled(participle, past) · motelled(past)
Source: Wiktionary