Meaning

2 senses

  1. A small house near a main house, for lodging visitors.

    Gästehaus, Gästeheim, Gasthof

    пансио́нpansión, гости́ницаgostínica, гостево́й домgostevój dom

    гостьови́й буди́нокhostʹovýj budýnok, пансіо́нpansión

    a house separate from the main house; for housing guests

  2. A private house offering accommodation to paying guests; a boarding house; a bed and breakfast.

Examples

7 sentences

  1. We're all staying at the guesthouse.

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  2. I'm staying at a small guesthouse.

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  3. I too am staying at the guesthouse.

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  4. We are all staying at the guesthouse.

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  5. Where is the guesthouse?

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
small house for visitors:
Русский
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small house for visitors:
Deutsch
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small house for visitors:

Origin

From Middle English gest hous, gistenehus, gystehuse, gesthus, partly from Old English gæs

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.

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Forms

plural: guesthouses

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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