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bis⋅tro

  [bis-troh; Fr. bee-stroh]
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–noun, plural bis⋅tros  [bis-trohz; Fr. bee-stroh] .
1. a small, modest, European-style restaurant or café.
2. a small nightclub or restaurant.
Origin:
1920–25; < F bistro(t), orig. argot, first attested in the sense “proprietor of a tavern” (1884); of obscure orig.
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bis·tro   (bē'strō, bĭs'trō)   
n.   pl. bis·tros

  1. A small bar, tavern, or nightclub.

  2. A small, informal restaurant serving wine.


[French bistro or bistrot, tavern owner, tavern.]
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Word Origin & History

bistro 
1922, from Fr. bistro (1884), originally Parisian slang for "little wineshop or restaurant," of unknown origin. Commonly said to be from Russian bee-stra "quickly," picked up during the Allied occupation of Paris in 1815 after the defeat of Napoleon; but this, however quaint, is unlikely. Another guess is that it is from bistraud "a little shepherd," a word of the Poitou dialect, from biste "goat."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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