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 (Received Pronunciation); “a restaurant”:

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

Noun

restaurant (plural restaurants)

2. 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.

   That Italian restaurant serves some of the best food I've ever had in my life.

   • 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.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:restaurant

Derived terms

• barstaurant
• breastaurant
• bustaurant
• Chinese restaurant process
• Chinese restaurant syndrome
• clubstaurant
• family restaurant
• ghost restaurant
• grocerant
• HoReCa
• HORECA
• impresstaurant
• multirestaurant
• nonrestaurant
• one-arm restaurant
• overhead bridge restaurant
• overhead restaurant
• restaurant car
• restauranteer
• restauranteur
• restaurantgoer
• restaurantgoer
• restaurant-goer
• restaurantish
• restaurantland
• restaurantware
• restauranty
• restaurateur
• resto
• restobar
• restopub

 

Related terms

• restaurateur

Descendants

• →? Japanese: レストラン
• → Malay: restoran

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 (maṭʕam)

  Hijazi Arabic: مَطعَم m (maṭʕam)

  Moroccan Arabic: ريسطورة f (risṭora)

  South Levantine Arabic: مَطعَم m (maṭʕam)

• 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), aşxana, aşpazxana

  Arabic: ريسطوران (rēstōrān), آشخانه (ashkhāna), آشپزخانه (ashpazkhāna)

• Basque: jatetxe (eu)
• Belarusian: рэстара́н m (restarán)
• Bengali: রেস্টুরেন্ট (bn) (resṭurenṭo), রেস্তোরাঁ (bn) (restōrã)
• 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)

  Hokkien: 餐廳 / 餐厅 (chhan-thiaⁿ), 餐館 / 餐馆 (chhan-koán)

  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)

  Wu: 餐廳 / 餐厅 (¹tshoe-thin; ¹tshe-thin), 餐館 / 餐馆 (¹tshe-kuoe)

• Corsican: risturante m, ristorante m
• Crimean Tatar: restoran
• 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 n (bhojnālay), હોટેલ f (hoṭel), રેસ્ટોરાં f (resṭorā̃), વીશી f (vīśī), ભોજનગૃહ n (bhojangŕh)
• 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 (zooglñ)
• 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: restoran, restorante, lokanda
• Lao: ຮ້ານອາຫານ (lo) (hān ʼā hān)
• Latin: popīna (la) f, gānea f (cheap or lower-class)
• Latvian: restorāns m
• Lithuanian: restoranas (lt) m
• Lü: ᦷᦣᦇᦶᦂᦇ (hongk̇aeng)
• Lushootseed: ʔəɬədalʔtxʷ
• Macedonian: рестора́н (mk) 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) (uphārgŕh)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: ресторан (mn) (restoran), гуанз (mn) (guanz), зоогийн газар (zoogiin gazar), зоогой (mn) (zoogoj), хоолон гэр (xoolon ger) (China)

  Mongolian: ᠷᠧᠰᠲ᠋ᠣᠷᠠᠨ (rēstoran), ᠭᠤᠸᠠᠩᠵᠠ (ɣuwangǰa), ᠵᠣᠭᠤᠭ ᠤᠨ
  ᠭᠠᠵᠠᠷ (ǰoɣug-un ɣaǰar)

• Navajo: daʼjiyání
• Nepali: रेस्टुरेन्ट (resṭurenṭa)
• Northern Sami: restauráŋŋa
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: restaurant (no) m

  Nynorsk: restaurant m

• Odia: ଭୋଜନାଳୟ (bhojanāḷaya)
• Ojibwe: wiisiniiwigamig inan
• Oromo: mana nyaataa
• Ottoman Turkish: لوقانطه (lōqānda, lōqānta), لوقنطه (lōqanda, lōqanta)
• Pashto: خوړنځی (ps) m (xwaṛǝnjay), رستوران (ps) m (rastorān), هوټل (ps) m (hoṭal)
• Persian:

  Dari: رَسْتُورَان, رَسْتُورَانْت (rastūrānt), هوتَل (hōtal), مَطْعَم (mat'am) (rare)

  Iranian Persian: رِسْتوران (restorân), مَطْعَم (mat'am) (rare)

• Plautdietsch: Restaraunt n
• Polish: restauracja (pl) f
• Portuguese: restaurante (pt) m
• Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi: ਰੈਸਟੋਰੈਂਟ (raisṭoraiṇṭ)

• Quechua: mikhuna wasi
• Romanian: restaurant (ro) n
• Russian: рестора́н (ru) m (restorán)
• Scottish Gaelic: taigh-bìdh m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ресто̀ра̄н m, restaurácija (sh) f

  Roman: restòrān (sh) m, рестаура́ција f

• Sinhalese: අවන්හල (si) (awanhala)
• Slovak: reštaurácia (sk) f, reštika f (colloquial)
• 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: ریسْتوران m (restorān), ریسْٹورانْٹ m (resṭorānṭ), ہوٹَل m (hoṭal), طَعَام گاہ m (ta'ām gāh), مَطْعَم m (mat'am)
• Uyghur: رېستوران (rëstoran)
• Uzbek: restoran (uz)
• Vietnamese: quán ăn (館𫗒), tiệm ăn (店𫗒), nhà hàng (vi) (家行), quán (vi) (館), hàng (vi) (𫗒) (informal)
• Volapük: staudöp (vo)
• Walloon: restorant (wa) m
• 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

Afrikaans

Alternative forms

• restourant

Etymology

From Dutch restaurant, from French restaurant.

Pronunciation

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

• Audio:

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Noun

restaurant (plural restaurante or restaurants, diminutive restaurantjie)

1. restaurant

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from French restaurant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [rəs.təwˈɾan]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [rəs.təwˈɾant]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [res.tawˈɾant]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ant

Noun

restaurant m (plural restaurants)

1. restaurant

Verb

restaurant

1. gerund of restaurar

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from French restaurant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʁɛsd̥oˈʁɑŋ]

Noun

restaurant c (singular definite restauranten, plural indefinite restauranter)

1. restaurant

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French restaurant.

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (male voice):

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• Audio (female voice):

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

Noun

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

1. restaurant

Usage notes

• Contrary to English, in Dutch this word is not used to refer to fast food establishments, which are instead referred to with terms such as snackbar (or non-generic terminology referring to the type of fast food served, such as dönerzaak, pizzeria, and so forth).
• 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
• pannenkoekenrestaurant
• pizzarestaurant
• snelwegrestaurant
• sterrenrestaurant
• sushirestaurant
• visrestaurant
• wegrestaurant
• zelfbedieningsrestaurant
• ziekenhuisrestaurant

 

Descendants

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

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁɛs.tɔ.ʁɑ̃/

• Audio:

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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)
• → Bengali: রেস্তোরাঁ m (restōrã)
• → Catalan: restaurant m
• → Danish: restaurant c
• → Dutch: restaurant n
  • Afrikaans: restaurant
  • → Caribbean Hindustani: restoránt
  • → Caribbean Javanese: rèstoran, lèstoran
  • → Indonesian: restoran
• → English: restaurant
  • →? Japanese: レストラン
  • → Malay: restoran
• → German: Restaurant n
• → Hindi: रेस्तराँ m (restarā̃)
• →? Italian: ristorante m
• → Japanese: レストラン (resutoran)
• → Korean: 레스토랑 (reseutorang)
• → Norwegian Bokmål: restaurant m
• → Norwegian Nynorsk: restaurant m
• → Portuguese: restaurante m
• → Romanian: restaurant n
• → Russian: рестора́н (restorán), рестора́нъ (restorán) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)
  • → Uzbek: restoran
  • → Yakut: эрэстэрээн (erestereen)
• → Spanish: restaurante m
• → Swedish: restaurang c
• → Persian: رستوران (restorân)
• → Turkish: restoran

Further reading

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

Latin

Verb

restaurant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of restaurō

Norman

Etymology

Either inherited from Old French or borrowed from French.

Noun

restaurant m (plural restaurants)

1. restaurant

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.

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.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French restaurant.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

restaurant n (plural restaurante)

1. restaurant