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hôtel de ville

[ oh-tel duh veel ]

noun

, French.
, plural hô·tels de ville [oh-, tel, d, uh, , veel].
  1. a city hall.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of hôtel de ville1

Literally, “mansion of the city”
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Example Sentences

The Hotel de Ville was the appointed place of rendezvous for the swarming multitudes.

A new Hotel de Ville, one of the most magnificent buildings in Europe, has replaced the old hall.

Hotel de Ville (the Town Hall) is an elegant building dating from the 15th century.

It is preserved in the Hotel-de-Ville at Bayeux, and consists of a long band of linen about 231 ft. long and 20 in.

But one principal building in all the town was left standing—the Hotel de Ville.

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