restaurant
//ˈɹɛst(ə)ɹɒnt//
Forms
- Plural
- restaurants
Definitions
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.
- That Italian restaurant serves some of the best food I've ever had in my life.
Frequency
Overall
Common· #1264
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Uncommon
- General reading & writing
- Common
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Italic *wre-
Latin re-
Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-
Proto-Indo-European *sth₂u-ro-der.
Proto-Italic *stauros
Latin *staurō
Latin restaurārebor.
Old French restorer
French restaurer
French restaurantbor.
English restaurant