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10 Language-to-English Dictionarieschambre seule
Pronunciation / Transliteration: shɑ̃bʁ sœl
"Nous avons réservé un tarif chambre seule pour notre séjour."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Denoting a hotel or accommodation booking that provides only the lodging without any meals included in the price.
"We booked a room-only rate since we prefer to explore local cafés for breakfast."
- 1
On the basis of providing or including solely a room without ancillary services like catering.
"The hotel offered to upgrade our stay, but we decided to stay room-only."
Thesaurus & Semantic Spectrum
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The term is a compound adjective formed from the Old English noun 'rūm' (space, room) and the adjective 'ānlic' (only, single). Emerging in the late 20th century within the hospitality and tourism industry, it was coined to concisely distinguish hotel bookings that exclude meals from those inclusive of breakfast, half-board, or full-board.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Room-only" is said worldwide
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chambre seule
Transliteration: shɑ̃bʁ sœl
"Nous avons réservé un tarif chambre seule pour notre séjour."
nur Übernachtung
Transliteration: nuːɐ̯ ˈyːbɐˌnaxtʊŋ
"Die Buchung erfolgte auf Basis von nur Übernachtung ohne Frühstück."
solo pernottamento
Transliteration: ˈsɔlo pernottamento
"Abbiamo scelto l'opzione solo pernottamento per risparmiare."
solo alojamiento
Transliteration: ˈsolo alojaˈmjento
"La tarifa de la habitación es solo alojamiento."
somente alojamento
Transliteration: suˈmẽti aluʒaˈmẽtu
"Reservamos o hotel em regime de somente alojamento."
केवल कमरा
Transliteration: keval kamrā
"हमने केवल कमरे की दर पर बुकिंग की है।"
仅含房费
Transliteration: jǐn hán fáng fèi
"我们预订的是仅含房费的房间。"
객실만 제공
Transliteration: gaek-sil-man je-gong
"조식 불포함 객실만 제공 조건으로 예약했습니다."
素泊まり
Transliteration: subodari
"朝食なしの素泊まりプランで予約しました。"
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