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eatery

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈiːtəɹi/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A restaurant or café; a place to purchase and eat food.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: automat, beanery, buffet, cafeteria, caff, canteen, cookhouse, cookshack, diner, dining hall, eatery, hashery, hotel, luncheonette, lunchroom, noshery, restaurant

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: eating establishment

2

noun

Meaning 2

a building where people go to eat

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: restaurant, eating house, eating place

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: building, edifice

Narrower terms: bistro, brasserie, brewpub, cafe, coffeehouse, coffee shop, coffee bar, cafeteria, canteen, mobile canteen, diner, greasy spoon, grillroom, grill, hash house, lunchroom, rotisserie, steakhouse, chophouse, teashop, teahouse, tearoom, tea parlor, tea parlour

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English eat Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Old French -ier Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Old French -ie Old French -eriebor. Middle English -erie English -ery English eatery From eat + -ery.

Across languages

Translations

52 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Belarusian: заку́сачная (zakúsačnaja) — a restaurant or café
  • Belarusian: стало́вая (stalóvaja) — a restaurant or café
  • Belarusian: харчэ́ўня (xarčéwnja) — a restaurant or café
  • Belarusian: харчо́ўня (xarčównja) — a restaurant or café
  • Belarusian: стра́ўня (stráwnja) — a restaurant or café
  • Chinese: гуанзы (guanzɨ) — a restaurant or café
  • Chinese Mandarin: 小飯館 /小饭馆 (xiǎofànguǎn) — a restaurant or café
  • Chinese Mandarin: 小餐館 /小餐馆 (xiǎocānguǎn) — a restaurant or café
  • Chinese Mandarin: 館子 /馆子 (guǎnzi) — a restaurant or café
  • Dutch: eetcafé — a restaurant or café
  • Dutch: eterij — a restaurant or café
  • Esperanto: manĝejo — a restaurant or café
  • Finnish: ruokapaikka — a restaurant or café
  • French: resto — a restaurant or café
  • Galician: restaurante — a restaurant or café
  • Georgian: რესტორანი (resṭorani) — a restaurant or café
  • Georgian: დუქანი (dukani) — a restaurant or café
  • German: Esslokal — a restaurant or café
  • Greek: φαγάδικο (fagádiko) — a restaurant or café
  • Greek: καφεστιατόριο (kafestiatório) — a restaurant or café
  • Indonesian: kedai makan — a restaurant or café
  • Indonesian: warung makan — a restaurant or café
  • Indonesian: rumah makan — a restaurant or café
  • Japanese: 料理店 (ryōriten) — a restaurant or café
  • Japanese: 食堂 (shokudō) — a restaurant or café
  • Korean: 음식점 (eumsikjeom) — a restaurant or café
  • Latin: popīna — a restaurant or café
  • Latin: gānea — a restaurant or café
  • Latvian: ēstuve — a restaurant or café
  • Malay: kedai makan — a restaurant or café
  • Malay: medan selera — a restaurant or café
  • Mongolian: зуушны газар (zuušny gazar) — a restaurant or café
  • Mongolian: гуанз (guanz) — a restaurant or café
  • Polish: knajpa — a restaurant or café
  • Portuguese: lanchonete — a restaurant or café
  • Russian: столо́вая (stolóvaja) — a restaurant or café
  • Russian: заку́сочная (zakúsočnaja) — a restaurant or café
  • Russian: забега́ловка (zabegálovka) — a restaurant or café
  • Russian: кафете́рий (kafɛtɛ́rij) — a restaurant or café
  • Russian: харче́вня (xarčévnja) — a restaurant or café
  • Russian: столо́вка (stolóvka) — a restaurant or café
  • Spanish: comedor — a restaurant or café
  • Spanish: restaurante — a restaurant or café
  • Spanish: restorán — a restaurant or café
  • Tagalog: kainan — a restaurant or café
  • Ukrainian: пере́кусна (perékusna) — a restaurant or café
  • Ukrainian: їда́льня (jidálʹnja) — a restaurant or café
  • Ukrainian: харчі́вня (xarčívnja) — a restaurant or café
  • Vietnamese: hàng ăn — a restaurant or café
  • Vietnamese: quán ăn — a restaurant or café
  • Yiddish: עסערײַ (eseray) — a restaurant or café
  • Yiddish: עסלאָקאַל (eslokal) — a restaurant or café