restaurant

restaurant
res|tau|rant
W2S3 [ˈrestərɔnt US -rənt, -ra:nt] n
[Date: 1800-1900; : French; Origin: restaurer 'to restore', from Latin restaurare; RESTORE]
a place where you can buy and eat a meal
Chinese/French/Mexican etc restaurant
▪ We went to a little Italian restaurant near Leicester Square.
▪ He took her out for a five-course dinner in a fancy restaurant.
▪ The company runs a chain of restaurants.
▪ A new restaurant has just opened across the road.
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WORD FOCUS: restaurant
the person who serves you in a restaurant: waiter, waitress, server (AmE), waitperson (AmE)
the person who cooks your food: chef
the person who welcomes the guests: maitre d', host/hostess (AmE)
a list of the food: menu also bill of fare (formal)
a list of wines and alcoholic drinks: wine list also drink list (AmE)
a piece of paper that shows the amount you have to pay for your meal: bill (BrE) check (AmE)
extra money you leave for the waiter or waitress: tip/gratuity (formal)
money that the restaurant charges for service: service charge, cover charge, corkage
See also: café, cafeteria, diner, drive-in, deli, snack bar, bistro
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  • Restaurant — Sn std. (19. Jh.) Entlehnung. Entlehnt aus frz. restaurant, dem PPräs. von frz. restaurer wiederherstellen (restaurieren). So bezeichnet wurde zunächst eine stärkende Kost, danach der Ort, an dem eine solche Kost zu erhalten war.    Ebenso nndl.… …   Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache

  • restaurant — UK US /ˈrestərɒnt/ noun [C] ► COMMERCE a place where meals are prepared and served to paying customers: »She has no experience of running a restaurant. »the restaurant business/industry »a restaurant chain »a restaurant owner/manager …   Financial and business terms

  • restaurant — Restaurant. s. m. v. Aliment qui restaure, qui donne des forces. C est un bon restaurant que l ambre gris, que le vin. On appelle plus particulierement, Restaurant, Un consommé fort succulent, un pressis de viande. On luy a donné un restaurant …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • restaurant — 1827, from Fr. restaurant a restaurant (said to have been used in Paris c.1765 by Boulanger), originally food that restores, noun use of prp. of restaurer to restore or refresh, from O.Fr. restorer (see RESTORE (Cf. restore)) …   Etymology dictionary

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  • Restaurant — Res tau*rant (r?s t?*r?nt;277), n. [F., fr. restaurer. See {Restore}.] An eating house. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Restaurant — (franz., spr. storāng), in Frankreich soviel wie Speisehaus, (feinere) Garküche, wofür in Deutschland meist Restauration gebraucht wird; das erste wirkliche R. wurde 1770 in Paris errichtet. Restaurateur (spr. storatȫr), der Wirt eines… …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Restaurant — (frz., spr. storáng), Speisehaus, Gastwirtschaft; Restaurateur (spr. töhr), Gastwirt (s.d.) …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

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