diner

See also dîner, and dīner

English

Etymology

to dine + -er

Pronunciation

• enPR: dī'nər IPA: /ˈdaɪnə(ɹ)/ X-SAMPA: /"daIn@r/
• Rhymes: -aɪnə(r)

Noun

Wikipedia diner (plural diners)

1. Agent noun of dine; one who dines; one who eats a meal, especially dinner.

   When it comes to Chinese food I have always operated under the policy that the less known about the preparation the better. A wise diner who is invited to visit the kitchen replies by saying, as politely as possible, that he has a pressing engagement elsewhere. –Calvin Trillin

2. A small and inexpensive type of restaurant which is modelled to resemble a dining car.
3. A railroad dining car.

   The diner is everybody's kitchen. –Richard Gutman

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:pub

Related terms

• dine
• dining
• dining car
• dinner
• Joe’s Diner

Translations

a small and inexpensive type of restaurant which is modelled to resemble a dining car

• Bulgarian: вагон-ресторант (bg) (vagon-restorant) m
• French: café-restaurant

• Greek: μικροεστιατόριο (el) (mikroestiatório) n

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin dēnārius.

Noun

diner m (plural diners)

1. (usually in plural) money

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French

Verb

diner

1. Alternative spelling of dîner.

Conjugation

   Conjugation of diner (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		diner			avoir diné
gerund		en dinant			en ayant diné
present participle		dinant
past participle		diné
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	dine	dines	dine	dinons	dinez	dinent
	imperfect	dinais	dinais	dinait	dinions	diniez	dinaient
	past historic1	dinai	dinas	dina	dinâmes	dinâtes	dinèrent
	future	dinerai	dineras	dinera	dinerons	dinerez	dineront
	conditional	dinerais	dinerais	dinerait	dinerions	dineriez	dineraient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior1	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	dine	dines	dine	dinions	diniez	dinent
	imperfect1	dinasse	dinasses	dinât	dinassions	dinassiez	dinassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	dine	—	dinons	dinez	—
1literary tenses

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Walloon

Verb

diner

1. Alternative form of dner.