guinguette

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French guinguette.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡæŋˈɡɛt/

Noun

guinguette (plural guinguettes)

1. (historical) A sort of outdoor tavern that once existed in the suburbs of Paris
   • 1903, Jean Jacques Rousseau, The Confessions of J. J. Rousseau, Book VIII.‎^[1]:

     Our walks, tete-a-tete, on the outside of the city, where I magnificently spent eight or ten sous in each guinguette.

   • 1837, John Ruskin, The Poetry of Architecture‎^[2]:

     So again, a Tyrolese evening dance, though the costume, and the step, and the music may be different, is the same in feeling as that of the Parisian guinguette; but follow the Tyrolese into their temples, and their deep devotion and beautiful though superstitious reverence will be found very different from any feeling exhibited during a mass in Notre-Dame.

French

La guinguette, Vincent van Gogh 1886

Etymology

From guinguet, a type of wine typically served in these places.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɛ̃.ɡɛt/

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Noun

guinguette f (plural guinguettes)

1. (historical) guinguette (sort of outdoor tavern that once existed in the suburbs of Paris)
   • 1936, “C'est la guinguette”, in La rue de notre amour, performed by Damia:

     Mais c’est surtout la guinguette / La guinguette au bord de l’eau / Qui rapporte de nos fêtes / Les souvenirs les plus beaux

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Further reading

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