guesthouse

• guest house
• guest-house (rare)

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.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɛsthaʊs/

guesthouse (plural guesthouses)

1. A small house near a main house, for lodging visitors.
2. A private house offering accommodation to paying guests; a boarding house; a bed and breakfast.

• See also Thesaurus:lodging place

• house

• (client accommodations): paying guest house, PG house

• Japanese: ゲストハウス (​gesutohausu)
• Korean: 게스트하우스 (geseuteuhauseu)

• house guest, houseguest