estaminet
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French estaminet.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛˈstæmɪneɪ/, /ɛstæmɪˈneɪ/
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
- tantièmes
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French estaminet.
Noun
estaminet n (plural estaminets, diminutive estaminetje n)
- small café or inn
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Walloon estaminé (“a small café”), from stamon (“a post to which cows are tied next to a manger”). Compare Walloon staminée (“manger”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛs.ta.mi.nɛ/
Audio (file)
Noun
estaminet m (plural estaminets)
- (obsolete) restaurant room where smoking is allowed
- (by extension) small café
- Synonyms: café, café-bar
- 1924, Emmanuel Bove, Mes Amis:
- Je prends mon café, à côté de chez moi, dans un estaminet. Le zinc du comptoir est ondulé, au bord.
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Further reading
- “estaminet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.