Note from the French hotel (3)
I believe the answer is:
lah
'note' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'the french hotel' is the wordplay.
'the french' becomes 'la' (one of the French words for 'the').
'hotel' becomes 'h' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'la'+'h'='LAH'
'from' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for lah that I've seen before include "Sixth tonic sol-fa note" , "It comes between soh and te" , "Sixth note of major musical scale" .)