dhôtel

dhôtel is not a standard standalone term in French or English. In most cases it appears to be a misspelling or stylistic variation of the French expression d'hôtel, which is the contraction of de + hôtel meaning “of the hotel” or “hotel’s.” The correct orthography is d’hôtel (with an apostrophe, formed from de + hôtel) when it precedes a noun beginning with a vowel or mute h, as in examples below.

Etymology and form: Hôtel comes from Old French hôtel, which in turn derives from Latin hospitāle, related to hospites “host.” The prepositional phrase de + hôtel becomes d’hôtel when elided before a vowel sound. This contraction is a common feature of French orthography and appears in many compound phrases.

Usage: d’hôtel is typically used to connect a preceding noun to a following noun in compound expressions that indicate a relation to a hotel, such as hotel-related costs, services, or categories. Examples include: les tarifs d’hôtel (hotel rates), le service d’hôtel (hotel service), or la clientèle d’hôtel (hotel clientele). In these phrases d’hôtel functions as a genitive-like linker rather than as a separate lexical item.

Notes: If you see the string dhôtel, it is usually a typographical error or a brand-style deviation rather than standard French. In any formal writing, it should be written as d’hôtel when it forms part of a larger expression. There is no separate entry for “dhôtel” as a distinct word in conventional dictionaries.