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Synonyms for inn

Grammar : Noun
Spell : in
Phonetic Transcription : ɪn

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Définition of inn

Origin :
  • Old English inn "lodging, dwelling, house," probably from inne (adv.) "inside, within" (see in). Meaning "public house with lodging" is perhaps by c.1200, certainly by c.1400. Meaning "lodging house or residence for students" is early 13c. in Anglo-Latin, obsolete except in names of buildings that were so used (e.g. Inns of Court, mid-15c.).
  • noun accommodation for travellers
Example sentences :
  • In the light of morning the isolation of the inn is more apparent than at night.
  • Extract from : « Yorkshire Painted And Described » by Gordon Home
  • Scene changes to an inn on the coast within a few yards of Paris.
  • Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 8, May 21, 1870 » by Various
  • Here was an offer which the company in an English inn at that or any other date are slow to refuse.
  • Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • Better to sleep here at this inn, and then travel on to Minstead in the morning.
  • Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • The oddest part of these experiences is that the dirtier the inn the better the fare.
  • Extract from : « The Roof of France » by Matilda Betham-Edwards
  • There was the inn, there the spot where he had sat and talked with the driver.
  • Extract from : « Rico and Wiseli » by Johanna Spyri
  • No well-regulated Thames inn can exist a week without a bride and groom.
  • Extract from : « The Underdog » by F. Hopkinson Smith
  • There was a venta or inn near by, he said, where they could sleep, starting again at dawn.
  • Extract from : « Fair Margaret » by H. Rider Haggard
  • Or they might have heard rumours of his sword-play at the inn and on the ship.
  • Extract from : « Fair Margaret » by H. Rider Haggard
  • And quiet—quiet to gloom, did the inn, so noisy overnight, seem by morning.
  • Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

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