restaurant

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from French restaurant, present participle of the verb restaurer, corresponding to Latin restaurans, restaurantis, present participle of restauro (“I restore”), from the name of the 'restorative' soup served in the first establishments.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛst(ə)ɹɒnt/, /ˈɹɛst(ə)ɹɒ̃/, /ˈɹɛst(ə)ɹənt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛst(ə)ˌɹɑnt/, /ˈɹɛst(ə)ɹənt/
• (Indic) IPA^(key): /rɛsˈʈɔːrəɳʈ/
• Hyphenation: res‧tau‧rant
• Rhymes: -ɛstəɹɒnt, -ɛstɹɒnt, -ɛstəɹɒ̃, -ɛstɹɒ̃, -ɛstəɹənt, -ɛstɹənt

Noun

restaurant (plural restaurants)

2. An eating establishment in which diners are served food, usually by waiters at their tables but sometimes (as in a fast food restaurant) at a counter.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:restaurant

Derived terms

Related terms

• restaurateur

Descendants

• →? Japanese: レストラン
• → Malay: restoran

Translations

See also

• bar
• cook, chef
• drive-in
• fast food
• grill
• menu, Appendix:Menus
• slow food
• waiter m, waitress f, waitron

Afrikaans

Alternative forms

• restourant

Etymology

From Dutch restaurant, from French restaurant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rɛstʊə̯ˈrant/, /rɛstuˈrant/

Noun

restaurant (plural restaurante or restaurants, diminutive restaurantjie)

1. restaurant

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from French restaurant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [rəs.təwˈɾan]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [rəs.təwˈɾant]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [res.tawˈɾant]
• Rhymes: -ant

Noun

restaurant m (plural restaurants)

1. restaurant

Verb

restaurant

1. gerund of restaurar

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from French restaurant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʁɛsd̥oˈʁɑŋ]

Noun

restaurant c (singular definite restauranten, plural indefinite restauranter)

1. restaurant

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French restaurant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rɛstoːˈrɑnt/, /rɛstuˈrɑnt/, /rɛstəˈrɑnt/
• Hyphenation: res‧tau‧rant
• Rhymes: -ɑnt

Noun

restaurant n (plural restaurants or restauranten, diminutive restaurantje n)

1. restaurant

Usage notes

• Contrary to English, in Dutch this word is not used to refer to fast food establishments, which are instead referred to with terms such as snackbar (or non-generic terminology referring to the type of fast food served, such as dönerzaak, pizzeria, and so forth).
• In Belgium, the plural form restauranten is common and co-exists with the plural form restaurants. In the Netherlands, the plural form restauranten is rare.

Derived terms

Descendants

• Afrikaans: restaurant
• → Caribbean Hindustani: restoránt
• → Caribbean Javanese: rèstoran, lèstoran
• → Indonesian: restoran

French

Etymology

From the present participle of restaurer. Corresponds to Latin restaurans, restaurantem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁɛs.tɔ.ʁɑ̃/

Noun

restaurant m (plural restaurants)

1. restaurant

Participle

restaurant

1. present participle of restaurer

Related terms

• restaurer
• restauration

Descendants

Further reading

• “restaurant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Latin

Verb

restaurant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of restaurō

Norman

Etymology

Either inherited from Old French or borrowed from French.

Noun

restaurant m (plural restaurants)

1. restaurant

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from French restaurant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rɛstʉˈrɑŋ/

Noun

restaurant m (definite singular restauranten, indefinite plural restauranter, definite plural restaurantene)

1. a restaurant

References

• “restaurant” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from French restaurant.

Noun

restaurant m (definite singular restauranten, indefinite plural restaurantar, definite plural restaurantane)

1. a restaurant

References

• “restaurant” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French restaurant.

Pronunciation

Noun

restaurant n (plural restaurante)

1. restaurant