restaurant

restaurant

See also: Restaurant

English

Restaurant

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛs.t(ə).ɹɒ̃/, /ˈɹɛs.t(ə).ɹɒnt/, /ˈɹɛs.t(ə).ɹ(ə)nt/

• Audio (UK)

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛs.t(ə)ˌɹɑnt/, /ˈɹɛs.t(ə).ɹənt/
• Hyphenation: res‧tau‧rant

Noun

restaurant (plural restaurants)

1. An eating establishment in which diners are served food, usually by waiters at their tables but sometimes (as in a fast food restaurant) at a counter.
   • 1935, George Goodchild, chapter 5, in Death on the Centre Court:

     By one o'clock the place was choc-a-bloc. […] The restaurant was packed, and the promenade between the two main courts and the subsidiary courts was thronged with healthy-looking youngish people, drawn to the Mecca of tennis from all parts of the country.

   That Japanese restaurant serves the best Asian food I've ever had in my life.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:restaurant

Derived terms

• resto

Related terms

• restaurateur

Translations

an eating establishment in which diners are served food

Abkhaz: аресторан (arestʼoran) Afrikaans: restaurant (af) Albanian: restorant (sq) m, gjellëtore (sq) f American Sign Language: R@Chin R@NearChin R@Chin R@NearChin Amharic: ምግብ ቤት (məgb bet), ሬስቶራንት (restorant) Arabic: مَطْعَم‎ m (maṭʿam) Hijazi Arabic: مَطعَم‎ m (maṭʿam) Moroccan Arabic: ريسطورة‎ f (risṭora) Armenian: ռեստորան (hy) (ṙestoran) Assamese: ৰেস্তোৰাঁ (restürã), হোটেল (hütel) Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܲܛܥܲܡܬܵܐ‎ f (māṭʿāmta), ܒܹܝܬ ܡܲܛܥܲܡܬܵܐ‎ m (bēt māṭʿāmta), ܒܹܝܬ ܡܹܐܟ݂ܠܵܬܹ̈ܐ‎ m (bēt mēḳlate) Asturian: restaurante m Azerbaijani: restoran (az) Basque: jatetxe (eu) Belarusian: рэстара́н m (restarán) Bengali: রেস্টুরেন্ট (resṭurenṭô), রেস্তোরাঁ (restorã) Bulgarian: рестора́нт (bg) m (restoránt) Burmese: စားသောက်ဆိုင် (my) (ca:saukhcuing), ထမင်းဆိုင် (hta.mang:hcuing), စားတော်ဆက် (my) (ca:tauhcak) Catalan: restaurant (ca) m Central Dusun: restoran Chickasaw: aaimpa' Chinese: Cantonese: 餐廳, 餐厅 (caan1 teng1), 食肆 (sik6 si3) Dungan: цантин (cantin) Hakka: 餐廳, 餐厅 (chhôn-thâng) Mandarin: 餐廳／餐厅 (zh) (cāntīng), 餐館／餐馆 (zh) (cānguǎn), 飯店／饭店 (zh) (fàndiàn), 飯館／饭馆 (zh) (fànguǎn) Min Nan: 餐廳, 餐厅 (chhan-thiaⁿ), 餐館, 餐馆 (chhan-koán) Wu: 餐廳, 餐厅 (tshe thin), 餐館, 餐馆 (tshe kuoe) Czech: restaurace (cs) f Danish: restaurant (da) c Dutch: restaurant (nl) n Esperanto: restoracio Estonian: restoran (et) Faroese: matstova f Fijian: vale ni kana (fj) Finnish: ravintola (fi) French: restaurant (fr) m Galician: restaurante m Georgian: რესტორანი (resṭorani) German: Restaurant (de) n, Gaststätte (de) f Greek: εστιατόριο (el) n (estiatório) Greenlandic: please add this translation if you can Gujarati: ભોજનાલય (bhojnālya) Hebrew: מִסְעָדָה‎ (he) f (mis'adá) Hindi: भोजनालय (hi) m (bhojnālay), रेस्तरां (restarā̃), रेस्टोरेन्ट (resṭorenṭ), रेस्तोरां (restorā̃), होटल (hi) m (hoṭal) Hungarian: étterem (hu), vendéglő (hu) Icelandic: veitingastaður m, veitingahús (is) n, matsölustaður (is) m, veitingasalur m Ido: restorerio (io) Indonesian: restoran (id), rumah makan (id) Irish: bialann 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) Kalmyk: зооглң (zooglng) Kannada: ರೆಸ್ಟೋರೆಂಟ್ (resṭōreṇṭ) Kazakh: мейрамхана (meiramxana), дәмхана (dämxana) Khmer: ហាងបាយ (haang baay), ភោជនីយដ្ឋាន (phoocĕəʼniiyĕəʼthaan), អាហារដ្ឋាន (ʼaahaaratthaan), ភោជនាគារ (km) (phoocĕəʼniəkiə) Korean: 식당(食堂) (ko) (sikdang), 레스토랑 (ko) (reseutorang), 음식점(飮食店) (ko) (eumsikjeom) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: aşxane (ku), xwaringeh (ku), restoran (ku), methem (ku) Kyrgyz: ресторан (ky) (restoran) Ladino: restorant Lao: ຮ້ານອາຫານ (lo) (hān ʼā hān) Latin: popīna (la) f, gānea f (cheap or lower-class) Latvian: restorāns m Lithuanian: restoranas (lt) m Lushootseed: ʔəɬədalʔtxʷ Lü: ᦷᦣᦇᦶᦂᦇ (hongk̇aeng) Macedonian: рестора́н m (restorán) Malay: restoran (ms), kedai makan (ms), rumah makan Malayalam: റെസ്റ്റോറൻറ്‌ (ṟesṟṟōṟaṉṟ‌), ലഘുഭക്ഷണശാല (laghubhakṣaṇaśāla) Maltese: restorant m Maori: toa kai, wharekai Marathi: उपहारगृह (mr) (uphārgruh) Mongolian: Cyrillic: зоогой (mn) (zoogoj), ресторан (mn) (restoran), гуанз (mn) (guanz), зоогийн газар (zoogiin gazar), хоолон гэр (xoolon ger) (China) Navajo: daʼjiyání Nepali: रेस्टुरेन्ट (resṭurenṭa) Northern Sami: restauráŋŋa Norwegian: Bokmål: restaurant (no) m Nynorsk: restaurant m Ojibwe: wiisiniiwigamig inan Oriya: ଭୋଜନାଳୟ (bhojônaḷôyô) Oromo: mana nyaataa Pashto: خوړنځی‎ (ps) m (xwaṛǝnjay), رستوران‎ (ps) m (rastorãn), هوټل‎ (ps) m (hoṭal) Persian: رستوران‎ (fa) (restorân), مطعم‎ (fa) (mat'am) (rare) Plautdietsch: Restaraunt n Polish: restauracja (pl) f Portuguese: restaurante (pt) m Punjabi: ਰੈਸਟੋਰੈਂਟ (raisṭoraiṇṭ) Quechua: mikhuna wasi Romanian: restaurant (ro) n Russian: рестора́н (ru) m (restorán) Scottish Gaelic: taigh-bìdh m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: ресто̀ра̄н m Roman: restòrān (sh) m Sinhalese: අවන්හල (awanhala) Slovak: reštaurácia (sk) f Slovene: restavracija (sl) f Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: gósćeńc m Spanish: restaurante (es) m, restorán (es) m Swahili: mkahawa (sw) class m/mi Swedish: restaurang (sv) c Tagalog: restawrant, manganan Tajik: ресторан (restoran), матъам (matʾam) (rare) Tamil: உணவகம் (ta) (uṇavakam) Tatar: ресторан (restoran) Telugu: ఫలహారశాల (phalahāraśāla) Thai: ร้านอาหาร (ráan-aa-hǎan), ภัตตาคาร (th) (pát-dtaa-kaan) Tibetan: ཟ་ཁང (za khang) Tigrinya: ቤት መግቢ (bet mägbi) Turkish: lokanta (tr), restoran (tr) Turkmen: restoran Ukrainian: рестора́н m (restorán) Urdu: ریستوران‎ m (restorān), ریسٹورانٹ‎ m (resṭorānṭ), ہوٹل‎ m (hoṭal) Uyghur: رېستوران‎ (rëstoran) Uzbek: restoran (uz) Vietnamese: quán ăn (館𫗒), tiệm ăn (店𫗒), nhà ăn (vi) (家𫗒), nhà hàng (vi) (家行) Volapük: staudöp (vo) Welsh: bwyty (cy) Wutunhua: saghang Yakut: эрэстэрээн (erestereen) Yiddish: רעסטאָראַן‎ m (restoran) Yoruba: ilé-oúnjẹ Zhuang: canhdingh, bouqlaeuj, bouqhaeux Zulu: please add this translation if you can

See also

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

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Afrikaans

Alternative forms

• restourant

Etymology

From Dutch restaurant, from French restaurant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rɛstʊə̯ˈrant/, /rɛstuˈrant/

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Noun

restaurant (plural restaurante or restaurants, diminutive restaurantjie)

1. restaurant

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Catalan

Etymology

From French restaurant.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /rəs.təwˈɾant/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /rəs.təwˈɾan/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /res.tawˈɾant/

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• Rhymes: -ant

Noun

restaurant m (plural restaurants)

1. restaurant

Verb

restaurant

1. present participle of restaurar

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Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from French restaurant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʁɛsd̥oˈʁɑŋ]

Noun

restaurant c (singular definite restauranten, plural indefinite restauranter)

1. restaurant

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French restaurant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rɛstoːˈrɑnt/, /rɛstuˈrɑnt/, /rɛstəˈrɑnt/

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• Hyphenation: res‧tau‧rant
• Rhymes: -ɑnt

Noun

restaurant n (plural restaurants or restauranten, diminutive restaurantje n)

1. restaurant

Usage notes

In Belgium, the plural form restauranten is common and co-exists with the plural form restaurants. In the Netherlands, the plural form restauranten is rare.

Derived terms

• afhaalrestaurant
• brugrestaurant
• café-restaurant
• meeneemrestaurant
• snelwegrestaurant
• sterrenrestaurant
• wegrestaurant
• zelfbedieningsrestaurant
• ziekenhuisrestaurant

 

Descendants

• Afrikaans: restaurant
• → Caribbean Hindustani: restoránt
• → Caribbean Javanese: rèstoran, lèstoran
• → Indonesian: restoran

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French

Etymology

From the present participle of restaurer. Corresponds to Latin restaurans, restaurantem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁɛs.tɔ.ʁɑ̃/

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Noun

restaurant m (plural restaurants)

1. restaurant

Participle

restaurant

1. present participle of restaurer

Related terms

• restaurer
• restauration

Descendants

• → Bulgarian: ресторант m (restorant)
• → Catalan: restaurant m
• → Danish: restaurant c
• → Dutch: restaurant n
  • Afrikaans: restaurant
  • → Indonesian: restoran
• → English: restaurant
• → German: Restaurant n
• >? Italian: ristorante m
• → Japanese: レストラン (resutoran)
• → Norwegian Bokmål: restaurant m
• → Norwegian Nynorsk: restaurant m
• → Portuguese: restaurante m
• → Romanian: restaurant n
• → Russian: рестора́н (restorán), рестора́нъ (restorán)
  • → Uzbek: restoran
  • → Yakut: эрэстэрээн (erestereen)
• → Spanish: restaurante m
• → Swedish: restaurang c
• → Turkish: restoran

Further reading

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

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Latin

Verb

restaurant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of restaurō

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Norman

Etymology

Either inherited from Old French or borrowed from French.

Noun

restaurant m (plural restaurants)

1. restaurant

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from French restaurant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rɛstʉˈrɑŋ/

Noun

restaurant m (definite singular restauranten, indefinite plural restauranter, definite plural restaurantene)

1. a restaurant

References

• “restaurant” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from French restaurant.

Noun

restaurant m (definite singular restauranten, indefinite plural restaurantar, definite plural restaurantane)

1. a restaurant

References

• “restaurant” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Romanian

Etymology

From French restaurant.

Noun

restaurant n (plural restaurante)

1. restaurant