English

Noun

maison de passe ‎(plural maisons de passe)

1. A low-class hotel where rooms are rented out by the hour, especially to prostitutes and their clients.
   • 1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber 1992, p. 31:

     Of course in part it is due to the fact that it took place at the Princes Hotel - what the devil induced Piers to stay there instead of somewhere like the Bristol? Funds? It's virtually a maison de passe.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛ.zɔ̃ d(ə) pas/

Noun

maison de passe f ‎(plural maisons de passe)

1. maison de passe, love hotel