restaurant
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res·tau·rant 
[res-ter-uhnt, -tuh-rahnt, -trahnt] Pronunciation Key
[res-ter-uhnt, -tuh-rahnt, -trahnt] Pronunciation Key –noun
| an establishment where meals are served to customers. |
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| res·tau·rant
(rěs'tə-ränt', -tər-ənt) Pronunciation Key
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.] |
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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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."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Restaurant
Res"tau*rant\ (r?s"t?*r?nt;277), n. [F., fr. restaurer. See Restore.] An eating house.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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