"restaurant" in seven languages
Meaningrestaurant
Spanish
/restauˈɾante/
masc.borrowed · French restaurant
French
/ʁɛstɔʁɑ̃/
masc.learned
Present participle of restaurer 'to restore'.
Italian
/ristoˈrante/
masc.borrowed · French restaurant, refitted to ristorare 'to refresh'
Portuguese
/hestawˈɾɐ̃tʃi/
masc.borrowed · French restaurant
Romanian
/restauˈrant/
neut.borrowed · French restaurant
plural: restaurante
Catalan
/rəstəwˈɾan/
masc.borrowed · French restaurant
English
/ˈɹɛstəɹɑnt/
from Latin/French · French restaurant
The Latin ancestor
RESTAURĀRE‘to restore, rebuild’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
In 18th-century Paris a restaurant was a 'restoring' broth; the shops that sold it took the name. Italian reshaped it after its own ristorare.
English relatives: restaurant, restore, restoration
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In a sentence
- esEsta noche cenamos en un restaurante.
- frCe soir, on dîne au restaurant.
- itStasera ceniamo al ristorante.
- ptHoje à noite vamos jantar num restaurante.
- roDiseară luăm cina la restaurant.
- caAquesta nit sopem en un restaurant.
- enWe're having dinner at a restaurant tonight.