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French Vocabulary List: Accommodations and Hotels

By Frederic Bibard Published:

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Here is our French vocabulary list about accommodations and hotels. Learn common, useful terms you’ll need before you check in.

Planning to take a trip to a French-speaking destination soon? If so, then you’ll need to be able to find accommodation in French!

This list of vocabulary related to hotels and accommodations should come in handy. If not, then it’s still a cool list of words to get yourself familiar with.

From the different types of accommodations to the amenities and services, booking (and paying for) a hotel room should be a breeze with this little guide.

  • AccommodationsFormules de logement
  • accommodateloger
  • amenitiesles services
  • boarding housela pension
  • bookréserver
  • chargeles frais (mpl)
  • cottagele chalet
  • country lodgingle gîte
  • efficiencylogement avec cuisine
  • fire exitla sortie de secours
  • guestle/la client(e)
  • guest roomla chambre d’hôte
  • innl’auberge (f)
  • motelle motel
  • resort (spa)la station thermale
  • resort (seaside)la station balnéaire
  • resort (winter sports)la station de sports d’hiver
  • starl’étoile (f)
  • tentla tente
  • vacation campla colonie de vacances
  • vacation cluble club de vacances
  • youth hostell’auberge de jeunesse (f)
  • HotelsLes hôtels
  • beauty salonle salon de beauté
  • bellboyle groom
  • billla note
  • breakfast roomla salle des petits déjeuners
  • check ins’enregistrer
  • check outpayer/régler la facture
  • elevatorl’ascenseur (m)
  • freight elevatorl’ascenseur de service (m)
  • front deskla réception
  • hotel ownerl’hôtelier/l’hôtelière
  • laundromatla laverie automatique
  • laundry servicele service de blanchisserie
  • lobbyle hall
  • loungele salon
  • luxury hotelun hôtel de luxe
  • a three-star hotelun hôtel à trois étoiles
  • nightla nuit
  • poolla piscine
  • ratele prix/le tarif
  • receptionla réception
  • room and boardla pension complète
  • room servicele service d’étage/le service de chambre
  • spale spa
  • staffle personnel
  • tiple pourboire
  • vacantdisponible/libre
  • valet parking attendantle voiturier
  • RoomsLes chambres
  • balconyle balcon
  • bathroomla salle de bains
  • comfortableconfortable
  • connectivity chargeles frais de connexion
  • disturbdéranger
  • double bedle grand lit
  • room (double)la chambre double
  • room (single)la chambre simple
  • safele coffre-fort
  • soundproofinsonorisé(e)
  • suitela suite
  • terracela terrasse
  • twin bedsdes lits jumeaux
  • viewla vue
  • wireless InternetInternet sans fil

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