Resort — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a hotel located in a resort area

a frequently visited place

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ɹᵻzˈɔːɹt/

🇬🇧British English

/ɹɪzˈɔːt/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ɹɪzˈɔːt/

2 syllables Say it as /ɹᵻzˈɔːɹt/.

Examples

his only recourse was the police
took refuge in lying
have recourse to the courts

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

recur holiday resort repair hangout refuge resort hotel fall back haunt recourse stamping ground

Parts of Speech

noun	a hotel located in a resort area
noun	a frequently visited place
noun	something or someone turned to for assistance or security “his only recourse was the police”
noun	act of turning to for assistance “have recourse to the courts”
verb	have recourse to “The government resorted to rationing meat”
verb	move, travel, or proceed toward some place “He repaired to his cabin in the woods”

Word Forms

resort	verb	move, travel, or proceed toward some place
haunt	verb	be a regular or frequent visitor to a certain place
hang out	verb	spend time in a certain location or with certain people
repair	verb	move, travel, or proceed toward some place
resort	noun	act of turning to for assistance
repair	noun	a frequently visited place

Around the World

Europe

🇫🇷French

station balnéaire

un hôtel situé dans une zone de villégiature

🇪🇸Spanish

complejo

un hotel ubicado en una zona turística

🇮🇹Italian

ricorrere

un hotel situato in una zona turistica

🇳🇱Dutch

toevlucht

een hotel gelegen in een resortgebied

🇵🇹Portuguese

recorrer

um hotel localizado em uma área de resort

🇷🇺Russian

прибегнуть

отель, расположенный в курортной зоне

India

🇮🇳Hindi

सहारा

रिज़ॉर्ट क्षेत्र में स्थित एक होटल

🇧🇩Bengali

অবলম্বন

একটি রিসর্ট এলাকায় অবস্থিত একটি হোটেল

🇮🇳Tamil

ஓய்வு விடுதி

ஒரு ரிசார்ட் பகுதியில் அமைந்துள்ள ஒரு ஹோட்டல்

🇮🇳Telugu

రిసార్ట్

రిసార్ట్ ప్రాంతంలో ఉన్న హోటల్

🇮🇳Marathi

रिसॉर्ट

रिसॉर्ट परिसरात असलेले हॉटेल

🇮🇳Gujarati

ઉપાય

એક રિસોર્ટ વિસ્તારમાં સ્થિત હોટેલ

🇮🇳Kannada

ರೆಸಾರ್ಟ್

ರೆಸಾರ್ಟ್ ಪ್ರದೇಶದಲ್ಲಿ ಇರುವ ಹೋಟೆಲ್

🇮🇳Malayalam

റിസോർട്ട്

ഒരു റിസോർട്ട് ഏരിയയിൽ സ്ഥിതി ചെയ്യുന്ന ഒരു ഹോട്ടൽ

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਰਿਜੋਰਟ

ਇੱਕ ਰਿਜੋਰਟ ਖੇਤਰ ਵਿੱਚ ਸਥਿਤ ਇੱਕ ਹੋਟਲ

🇵🇰Urdu

ریزورٹ

ایک ہوٹل جو ریزورٹ کے علاقے میں واقع ہے۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

采取

位于度假区的酒店

🇯🇵Japanese

リゾート

リゾート地にあるホテル

🇰🇷Korean

의지

휴양지에 위치한 호텔

🇻🇳Vietnamese

khu nghỉ mát

một khách sạn nằm trong khu nghỉ mát

🇹🇭Thai

รีสอร์ท

โรงแรมที่ตั้งอยู่ในพื้นที่รีสอร์ท

🇮🇩Indonesian

resor

sebuah hotel yang terletak di kawasan resor

🇲🇾Malay

tempat peranginan

sebuah hotel yang terletak di kawasan peranginan

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

ملجأ

فندق يقع في منطقة المنتجع

🇮🇷Persian

توسل

هتلی که در یک منطقه تفریحی واقع شده است

🇹🇷Turkish

tatil yeri

tatil bölgesinde bulunan bir otel

🇮🇱Hebrew

אתר נופש

מלון הממוקם באזור נופש

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