inn

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see also: INN

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Pronunciation

• enPR: ĭn, IPA: /ɪn/

Noun

inn (plural inns)

1. Any establishment where travellers can procure lodging, food, and drink.

   • the miserable fare and miserable lodgment of a provincial inn

2. A tavern.
3. 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

4. (UK, dated) The town residence of a nobleman or distinguished person.

   Leicester Inn

5. (obsolete) A place of shelter; hence, dwelling; habitation; residence; abode.

   • Therefore with me ye may take up your inn / For this same night.

Synonyms

• (pub) See also Thesaurus:pub
• (lodging place) See also Thesaurus:lodging place

Translations

• French: auberge
• German: Herberge
• Italian: osteria, locanda
• Portuguese: albergue, pousada
• Russian: тракти́р
• Spanish: posada, venta (archaic)

Verb

inn (inns, present participle inning; past and past participle inned)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To house; to lodge.
2. (obsolete, intransitive) To take lodging; to lodge.

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INN

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Noun

inn (plural inns)

1. Initialism of international#English|international nonproprietary#English|nonproprietary name#English|name: the official non-proprietary or generic name given to a pharmaceutical substance, as designated by the World Health Organization (WHO).

Synonyms

• generic name

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