love hotel

 

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Calque of Japanese ラブホテル (rabu hoteru), from English love + hotel, probably after the rotating sign of the Hotel Love, an early love hotel in Osaka, Japan.

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love hotel (plural love hotels)

1. A short-stay hotel found in Japan and elsewhere, operated primarily for the purpose of allowing lovers privacy to have sexual intercourse.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:love hotel

   • 2021, Margo DeMello, On the Job: An Encyclopedia of Unique Occupations around the World, Bloomsbury, →ISBN, page 137:

     Love hotels differ in terms of price (from about $30 per hour and up), decoration (some may offer features such as sex swings, hot tubs, or round beds, and many are themed), and architecture […] .

• → Thai: เลิฟโฮเต็ล (lə́əf-hoo-dtel)