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(Created page with "Those are two masculine nouns that have different meanings. ==Un autel== "Un autel" is the table on which offerings to a deity were placed in antiquity or on which masses are celebrated in Catholic worship. ==Un hôtel== "Un hôtel" (a hotel) is a commercial establishment where you can rent a bed to sleep in (in most cases). ==Example== Example : Le marié a conduit sa femme à l’autel avant de passer la nuit avec elle à l’hôtel. The groom walked his wife...")
 
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==Un autel==
==Un autel==
"Un autel" is the table on which offerings to a deity were placed in antiquity or on which masses are celebrated in Catholic worship.  
"Un autel" (an altar) is the table on which offerings to a deity were placed in antiquity or on which masses are celebrated in Catholic worship.  




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Example : Le marié a conduit sa femme à l’autel avant de passer la nuit avec elle à l’hôtel.
Example : Le marié a conduit sa femme à l’autel avant de passer la nuit avec elle à l’hôtel.


The groom walked his wife down the aisle before spending the night with her at the hotel.
The groom walked his wife to the altar before spending the night with her at the hotel.

Revision as of 17:39, 2 October 2022

Those are two masculine nouns that have different meanings.

Un autel

"Un autel" (an altar) is the table on which offerings to a deity were placed in antiquity or on which masses are celebrated in Catholic worship.


Un hôtel

"Un hôtel" (a hotel) is a commercial establishment where you can rent a bed to sleep in (in most cases).


Example

Example : Le marié a conduit sa femme à l’autel avant de passer la nuit avec elle à l’hôtel.

The groom walked his wife to the altar before spending the night with her at the hotel.