restaurant
Use Restaurant in a sentence
tər noun
an establishment where meals are served to customers.
Origin:
1820–30, Americanism; < French, noun use of present participle of restaurer < Latin restaurāre to restore
1820–30, Americanism; < French, noun use of present participle of restaurer < Latin restaurāre to restore
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restaurant (ˈrɛstəˌrɒŋ, ˈrɛstrɒŋ, -rɒnt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| a commercial establishment where meals are prepared and served to customers | |
| [C19: from French, from restaurer to | |
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Restaurant
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Word Origin & History
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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Example sentences
He sits in a restaurant and sends his food back three times.
He said to stay in business these days every restaurant must cater to tourists.
On any given day every restaurant, household and business throws away paper, oil and food.
Interactive effects of reward sensitivity and residential fast-food restaurant exposure on fast-food consumption.
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