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Restaurant - 4 dictionary results

res⋅tau⋅rant

[res-ter-uhnt, -tuh-rahnt, -trahnt]
–noun
an establishment where meals are served to customers.

Origin:
1820–30, Americanism; < F, n. use of prp. of restaurer < L restaurāre to restore
res·tau·rant   (rěs'tə-ränt', -tər-ənt)   
n.  A place where meals are served to the public.

[French, restorative soup, restaurant, from present participle of restaurer, to restore, from Old French restorer; see restore.]

Restaurant

Res"tau*rant\ (r?s"t?*r?nt;277), n. [F., fr. restaurer. See Restore.] An eating house.
Language Translation for : Restaurant
Spanish: restaurante,
German: das Restaurant,
Japanese: レストラン

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). Restaurateur is 1796, from Fr. restaurateur, agent noun from restaurer "to restore," on model of L.L. restaurator "restorer."
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