ristorante

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌɹɪstəˈɹænteɪ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌɹɪstəˈɹɑnteɪ/, /ˌɹɪstəˈɹænteɪ/
• Rhymes: -ænteɪ, -ɑːnteɪ

Noun

ristorante (plural ristorantes)

1. An Italian restaurant.
   • 2004, Kathleen Morgan Drowne, Patrick Huber, The 1920's:

     Americans who patronized these ristorantes for their liquor often developed a fondness for spaghetti and meatballs...

   • 2007 January 7, Julia Chaplin, “Breakfast Is Late, So Business Is Good”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     The scene at the European-style bistros and ristorantes is all about business and social networking, just as much as it is at lunch at a restaurant like Michael’s (popular with the publishing crowd), or at dinner at Phillipe (hip-hop moguls, fashion designers).

Anagrams

• reinstator

Italian

Etymology

Noun use of present participle of ristorare (“to restore”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ris.toˈran.te/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ante
• Hyphenation: ri‧sto‧ràn‧te

Noun

ristorante m (plural ristoranti)

1. restaurant

Participle

ristorante m or f by sense (plural ristoranti)

1. present participle of ristorare

Anagrams

• arrostenti, ritornaste, transiterò