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inn^¹

/ɪn/

Sounds like in · Rhymes with -ɪn

Where it comes from

From Middle English in, inn, from Old English inn (“a dwelling, house, chamber, lodging”); akin to Icelandic inni (“a dwelling place, home, abode”), Faroese inni (“home”).

noun inns

Any establishment where travellers can procure lodging, food, and drink. [H]ow much more agreeable to himself to get into snug quarters in a chateau, [...] rather than take up with the miserable lodgement, and miserable fare of a country inn.
Similar: hotel, inn, lodging, lodging house
A tavern.
Similar: alehouse, boozer, boozing ken, bousing ken, drinker, drinkery, gargle-factory, gin joint, groggery, local, nineteenth hole, pot-house
One of the colleges (societies or buildings) in London, for students of the law barristers. the Inns of Court the Inns of Chancery Serjeants’ Inns
UK, dated The town residence of a nobleman or distinguished person. Leicester Inn
obsolete A place of shelter; hence, dwelling, residence, abode. But nowe ſadde Winter welked hath the day, / And Phœbus weary of his yerely taſ-ke: / Yſtabled hath his ſteedes in lowlye laye / And taken vp his ynne in Fiſhes haſ-ke.

verb inns · inning · inned

intransitive, obsolete To take lodging; to lodge or house oneself. But where do you intend to inn to-night?
obsolete, transitive To lodge or house (someone or something). I have but Inn'd my horse since, master Cockstone.

INN^²

noun INNs

abbreviation, initialism Initialism of international nonproprietary name

Inn^³

proper noun

A right tributary of the Danube in Switzerland, Austria and Germany.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: hostelry, lodge, hostel, motel, auberge, hotel, resort, imaret, caravansary, hospice, hall, stopover, caravan, trailer, innkeeper, canal

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noun lodging

Español	posada, venta, fonda, mesón, hostería, fondac
한국어	여관 yeogwan, 주막 jumak
日本語	宿屋 yadoya, 旅館 ryokan
中文	旅社 lǚshè, 客棧 /客栈 kèzhàn, 旅店 lǚdiàn
हिन्दी	अतिथिशाला atithiśālā, अतिथिगृह atithigŕh, सराय sarāy, धर्मशाला dharmaśālā, पथिकाश्रय pathikāśray, मरहला marahlā
Português	albergue, pousada, estalagem
Français	auberge
Deutsch	Herberge
Italiano	osteria, locanda
Ελληνικά	πανδοχείο pandocheío
Română	han
Русский	тракти́р traktír, гости́ница gostínica, постоя́лый двор postojályj dvor, корчма́ korčmá
Tiếng Việt	quán trọ, khách sạn
العربية	خَان ḵān, اِسْتِرَاحَة istirāḥa
עברית	פֻּנְדָק \ פונדק pundák

name river

हिन्दी	इन in
Français	Inn
Deutsch	Inn

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@misc{inn_2026,
  title = {inn},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/inn},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

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