restaurant

See also Restaurant

English

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈɹɛs.t(ə).ɹɒnt/, X-SAMPA: /"r\Est.(@)%r\Qnt/

• Audio (UK)

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• (US) IPA: /ˈɹɛs.t(ə)ˌɹɑnt/, /ˈɹɛs.t(ə).ɹənt/, X-SAMPA: /"r\Est.(@)%r\Ant/, /"r\Est.(@)r\@nt/

Noun

restaurant (plural restaurants)

1. An eating establishment in which diners are served food at their tables.

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:pub

Related terms

• restaurateur

Translations

an eating establishment in which diners are served food at their tables

• American Sign Language: R@Chin R@NearChin R@Chin R@NearChin
• Arabic: مَطْعَم (ar) (maṭʿam) m

  Egyptian Arabic: مطعم (maṭʿam) m

• Armenian: ռեստորան (hy) (ṙestoran)
• Asturian: restaurante (ast) m
• Azeri: restoran (az)
• Basque: jatetxe (eu)
• Belarusian: рэстаран (be) (restarán) m
• Bulgarian: ресторант (bg) (restoránt) m
• Burmese: စားသောက်ဆိုင် (my) (sa׃ thau' hsain)
• Catalan: restaurant (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 餐廳, 餐厅 (chāan tēng)

  Mandarin: 餐廳 (cmn), 餐厅 (cmn) (cāntīng), 餐館 (cmn), 餐馆 (cmn) (cānguǎn), 飯店 (cmn), 饭店 (cmn) (fàndiàn), 飯館 (cmn), 饭馆 (cmn) (fànguǎn)

• Czech: restaurace (cs) f
• Danish: restaurant (da) c
• Dutch: restaurant (nl) n
• Esperanto: restoracio (eo)
• Faroese: matstova (fo) f
• Fijian: vale ni kana (fj)
• Finnish: ravintola (fi)
• French: restaurant (fr) m
• Galician: restaurante (gl) m
• Georgian: რესტორანი (ka) (restorani)
• German: Restaurant (de) n, Gaststätte (de) f
• Greek: εστιατόριο (el) (estiatório) n
• Hebrew: מסעדה (he) (mis'adáh) f
• Hindi: भोजनालय (hi) (bhojanālaya) m
• Hungarian: étterem (hu), vendéglő (hu)
• Icelandic: veitingastaður (is) m, veitingahús (is) n, matsölustaður (is) m, veitingasalur (is) m
• Ido: restorerio (io)
• Indonesian: rumah makan
• Irish: bialann (ga) f
• Italian: ristorante (it) m

• Japanese: レストラン (ja) (resutoran), 食堂 (ja) (しょくどう, shokudō), 料理屋 (ja) (りょうりや, ryōriya), 料理店 (ja) (りょうりてん, ryōriten)
• Khmer: ហាងបាយ (km) (haang baay)
• Korean: 식당 (ko) (sikdang) (食堂 (ko)), 레스토랑 (ko) (reseutorang), 음식점 (ko) (eumshikjeom)
• Lao: ຮ້ານອາຫານ (lo) (hān-ā-hān)
• Latin: caupona (la) f
• Lojban: gusta (jbo)
• Macedonian: ресторан (mk) (restorán) m
• Malay: restoran (ms), kedai makan (ms), rumah makan (ms)
• Maltese: restorant m
• Mongolian: зоогой (mn) (zoogoj)
• Norwegian: restaurant (no) m
• Persian: رستوران (fa) (restorân)
• Polish: restauracja (pl) f
• Portuguese: restaurante (pt) m
• Romanian: restaurant (ro) n
• Russian: ресторан (ru) (restorán) m
• Scottish Gaelic: taigh-bìdh (gd) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ресторан (sh) m, здрављак (sh) (dairy restaurant), гостионица (sh) f, гостиона (sh) f

  Roman: restoran (sh) m, zdravljak (sh) m (dairy restaurant), gostionica (sh) f, gostiona (sh) f

• Sinhalese: අවන්හල (si) (avanhala)
• Slovak: reštaurácia (sk) f
• Slovene: restavracija (sl) f
• Spanish: restaurante (es) m, restorán (es) m
• Swedish: restaurang (sv) c
• Tagalog: restawrant
• Thai: ร้านอาหาร (th) (ráan aahăan), ภัตตาคาร (th) (pátdtaakaan)
• Turkish: lokanta (tr), restoran (tr)
• Ukrainian: ресторан (uk) (restorán) m
• Urdu: ریستوران (ur) (réstorān) m, ریسٹورانٹ (ur) (resṭorānṭ) m
• Vietnamese: quán ăn (vi), tiệm ăn (vi)
• Volapük: staudöp (vo)
• Welsh: bwyty (cy)

See also

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

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ant

Verb

restaurant

1. Present participle of restaurar.

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Dutch

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Pronunciation

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Noun

restaurant n (plural restaurants, diminutive restaurantje)

1. restaurant

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ʁɛs.tɔ.ʁɑ̃/

• Audio

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Noun

restaurant m (plural restaurants)

1. restaurant

Verb

restaurant

1. Present participle of restaurer.

Related terms

• restaurer
• restauration

Descendants

• English: restaurant
• German: Restaurant
• Russian: ресторан (restorán)
• Swedish: restaurang

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Latin

Verb

rēstaurant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of rēstaurō

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Norwegian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /rɛstʉˈrɑŋ/

Noun

restaurant m

1. restaurant

Inflection

    Inflection of restaurant

	indefinite singular	definite singular	indefinite plural	definite plural
Bokmål m	restaurant	restauranten	restauranter	restaurantene
Nynorsk m	restaurant	restauranten	restaurantar	restaurantane