estaminet
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French estaminet.
Pronunciation
Noun
estaminet (plural estaminets)
- A small café or bar.
- 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 589:
- Kit […] went in a little estaminet, and sat over in a corner with a twelve-centime glass of beer, reviewing the situation.
- 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 589:
- (archaic) A restaurant where smoking is allowed.
Anagrams
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Walloon estaminé, from stamon.
Pronunciation
Noun
estaminet m (plural estaminets)
- (obsolete) restaurant room where smoking is allowed
- (by extension) small café
- 1924, Emmanuel Bove, Mes Amis[1]:
- Je prends mon café, à côté de chez moi, dans un estaminet. Le zinc du comptoir est ondulé, au bord.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Further reading
- “estaminet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Categories:
- English terms borrowed from French
- English terms derived from French
- English 4-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English terms with archaic senses
- en:Restaurants
- French terms borrowed from Walloon
- French terms derived from Walloon
- French 4-syllable words
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
- French terms with audio links
- French lemmas
- French nouns
- French countable nouns
- French masculine nouns
- French terms with obsolete senses
- French terms with quotations