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restaurant

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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  • UK: /ˈɹɛst(ə)ɹɒnt/
  • UK: /ˈɹɛst(ə)ɹɒ̃/
  • UK: /ˈɹɛst(ə)ɹənt/
  • Received-Pronunciation: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: /ˈɹɛst(ə)ˌɹɑnt/
  • US: /ˈɹɛst(ə)ɹənt/
  • South-Asia: /ˈrɛsˌʈɔ.rᵻnʈ/
  • South-Asia: /ˈrɛs.ʈ(ə.)rɔnʈ/
  • South-Asia: /ˈrɛs.ʈrɒ̃/
  • rhymes with -ɛstəɹɒnt
  • rhymes with -ɛstɹɒnt
  • rhymes with -ɛstəɹɒ̃
  • rhymes with -ɛstɹɒ̃
  • rhymes with -ɛstəɹənt
  • rhymes with -ɛstɹənt
  • CMU ARPABET: R EH1 S T ER0 AA2 N T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: R EH1 S T R AA2 N T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

An eating establishment in which diners are served food, usually by waiters at their tables but sometimes (as in a fast food restaurant) at a counter.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • That Italian restaurant serves some of the best food I've ever had in my life.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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: eating house, eating place, eatery

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 Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re- Proto-Indo-European *steh2- Proto-Indo-European *sth2u-ro-der. Proto-Italic *stauros Latin *staurō Latin restaurārebor. Old French restorer French restaurer French restaurantbor. English restaurant Borrowed from French restaurant, present participle of the verb restaurer, corresponding to Latin restaurans, restaurantis, present participle of restauro (“to restore”), from the name of the 'restorative' soup served in the first establishments.

Across languages

Translations

221 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Abkhaz: аресторан (arestʼoran) — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Afrikaans: restaurant — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Albanian: restorant — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Albanian: gjellëtore — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Southern Altai: ашкана (aškana) — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • American Sign Language: R@Chin R@NearChin R@Chin R@NearChin — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Amharic: ምግብ ቤት (məgb bet) — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Amharic: ሬስቶራንት (restorant) — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Arabic: مَطْعَم (maṭʕam) — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Arabic: مَطعَم (maṭʕam) — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Arabic: ريسطورة (risṭora) — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Arabic: مَطعَم (maṭʕam) — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܲܛܥܲܡܬܵܐ (māṭʿāmta) — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܒܹܝܬ ܡܲܛܥܲܡܬܵܐ (bēt māṭʿāmta) — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܒܹܝܬ ܡܹܐܟ݂ܠܵܬܹ̈ܐ (bēt mēḳlate) — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Armenian: ռեստորան (ṙestoran) — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Assamese: ৰেস্তোৰাঁ (restürã) — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Assamese: হোটেল (hütel) — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Asturian: restaurante — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Azerbaijani: restoran — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Azerbaijani: aşxana — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Azerbaijani: aşpazxana — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Azerbaijani: ريسطوران (rēstōrān) — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Azerbaijani: آشخانه (ashkhāna) — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Azerbaijani: آشپزخانه (ashpazkhāna) — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Basque: jatetxe — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Belarusian: рэстара́н (restarán) — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Bengali: রেস্টুরেন্ট (resṭurenṭo) — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Bengali: রেস্তোরাঁ (restōrã) — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Bulgarian: рестора́нт (restoránt) — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Burmese: စားသောက်ဆိုင် (ca:saukhcuing) — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Burmese: ထမင်းဆိုင် (hta.mang:hcuing) — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Burmese: စားတော်ဆက် (ca:tauhcak) — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Catalan: restaurant — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Chickasaw: aaimpa' — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Chinese Cantonese: 餐廳 /餐厅 (caan1 teng1) — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Chinese Cantonese: 食肆 (sik6 si3) — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Chinese: цантин (cantin) — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Hakka Chinese: 餐廳 /餐厅 (chhôn-thâng) — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Chinese: 餐廳 /餐厅 (chhan-thian) — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Chinese: 餐館 /餐馆 (chhan-koán) — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Chinese Mandarin: 餐廳 /餐厅 (cāntīng) — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Chinese Mandarin: 餐館 /餐馆 (cānguǎn) — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Chinese Mandarin: 飯店 /饭店 (fàndiàn) — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Chinese Mandarin: 飯館 /饭馆 (fànguǎn) — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Wu Chinese: 餐廳 /餐厅 (1tshoe-thin; 1tshe-thin) — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Wu Chinese: 餐館 /餐馆 (1tshe-kuoe) — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Corsican: risturante — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Corsican: ristorante — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Crimean Tatar: restoran — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Czech: restaurace — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Danish: restaurant — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Central Dusun: restoran — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Dutch: restaurant — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • East Circassian: рестэран (restɛran) — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Esperanto: restoracio — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Estonian: restoran — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Faroese: matstova — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Fijian: vale ni kana — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Finnish: ravintola — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • French: restaurant — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Galician: restaurante — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Georgian: რესტორანი (resṭorani) — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • German: Restaurant — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • German: Gaststätte — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Greek: εστιατόριο (estiatório) — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Gujarati: ભોજનાલય (bhojnālay) — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Gujarati: હોટેલ (hoṭel) — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Gujarati: રેસ્ટોરાં (resṭorā̃) — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Gujarati: વીશી (vīśī) — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Gujarati: ભોજનગૃહ (bhojangŕh) — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Hawaiian: hale ʻaina — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Hebrew: מִסְעָדָה (mis'adá) — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Hindi: भोजनालय (bhojnālay) — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Hindi: रेस्तरां (restarā̃) — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Hindi: रेस्टोरेन्ट (resṭorenṭ) — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Hindi: रेस्तोरां (restorā̃) — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Hindi: होटल (hoṭal) — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Hungarian: étterem — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Hungarian: vendéglő — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Icelandic: veitingastaður — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Icelandic: veitingahús — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Icelandic: matsölustaður — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Icelandic: veitingasalur — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Ido: restorerio — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Indonesian: restoran — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Indonesian: rumah makan — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Irish: bialann — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Italian: ristorante — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Japanese: レストラン (resutoran) — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Japanese: 食堂 (shokudō) — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Japanese: 料理屋 (ryōriya) — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Japanese: 料理店 (ryōriten) — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Kalmyk: зооглң (zooglñ) — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Kannada: ರೆಸ್ಟೋರೆಂಟ್ (resṭōreṇṭ) — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Kazakh: мейрамхана (meiramxana) — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Kazakh: дәмхана (dämxana) — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Khmer: ហាងបាយ (haang baay) — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Khmer: ភោជនីយដ្ឋាន (phoocĕəʼniiyĕəʼthaan) — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Khmer: អាហារដ្ឋាន (ʼaahaaratthaan) — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Khmer: ភោជនាគារ (phoocĕəʼniəkiə) — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Korean: 식당 (sikdang) — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Korean: 레스토랑 (reseutorang) — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Korean: 음식점 (eumsikjeom) — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Northern Kurdish: aşxane — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Northern Kurdish: xwaringeh — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Northern Kurdish: restoran — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Northern Kurdish: methem — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Kyrgyz: ресторан (restoran) — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Ladino: restoran — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Ladino: restorante — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Ladino: lokanda — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Lao: ຮ້ານອາຫານ (hā n hān) — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Latin: popīna — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Latin: gānea — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Latvian: restorāns — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Lithuanian: restoranas — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • : ᦷᦣᦇᦶᦂᦇ (hongk̇aeng) — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Lushootseed: ʔəɬədalʔtxw — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Macedonian: рестора́н (restorán) — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Malay: restoran — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Malay: kedai makan — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Malay: rumah makan — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Malayalam: റെസ്റ്റോറൻറ് (ṟesṟṟōṟaṉṟ) — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Malayalam: ലഘുഭക്ഷണശാല (laghubhakṣaṇaśāla) — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Maltese: restorant — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Māori: wharekai — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Māori: toa kai — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Marathi: उपहारगृह (uphārgŕh) — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Mongolian: ресторан (restoran) — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Mongolian: гуанз (guanz) — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Mongolian: зоогийн газар (zoogiin gazar) — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Mongolian: зоогой (zoogoj) — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Mongolian: хоолон гэр (xoolon ger) — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Mongolian: ᠷᠧᠰᠲ᠋ᠣᠷᠠᠨ (rēstoran) — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Mongolian: ᠭᠤᠸᠠᠩᠵᠠ (ɣuwangǰa) — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Mongolian: ᠵᠣᠭᠤᠭ ᠤᠨ ᠭᠠᠵᠠᠷ (ǰoɣug-un ɣaǰar) — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Navajo: daʼjiyání — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Nepali: रेस्टुरेन्ट (resṭurenṭa) — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Niuean: fale kai — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Norwegian Bokmål: restaurant — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: restaurant — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Odia: ଭୋଜନାଳୟ (bhojanāḷaya) — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Ojibwe: wiisiniiwigamig — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Oromo: mana nyaataa — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Pashto: خوړنځی (xwaṛǝnjay) — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Pashto: رستوران (rastorān) — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Pashto: هوټل (hoṭal) — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Dari: رَسْتُورَان — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Dari: رَسْتُورَانْت (rastūrānt) — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Dari: هوتَل (hōtal) — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Dari: مَطْعَم (mat'am) — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Iranian Persian: رِسْتوران (restorân) — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Iranian Persian: مَطْعَم (mat'am) — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Plautdietsch: Restaraunt — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Polish: restauracja — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Portuguese: restaurante — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Punjabi: ਰੈਸਟੋਰੈਂਟ (raisṭoraiṇṭ) — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Quechua: mikhuna wasi — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Romanian: restaurant — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Russian: рестора́н (restorán) — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Northern Sami: restauráŋŋa — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Scottish Gaelic: taigh-bìdh — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Serbo-Croatian: ресто̀ра̄н — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Serbo-Croatian: restaurácija — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Serbo-Croatian: restòrān — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Serbo-Croatian: рестаура́ција — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Sinhalese: අවන්හල (awanhala) — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Slovak: reštaurácia — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Slovak: reštika — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Slovene: restavracija — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Lower Sorbian: gósćeńc — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Lower Sorbian: restawracija — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Upper Sorbian: hosćenc — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Upper Sorbian: restaurant — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Spanish: restaurante — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Spanish: restorán — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Swahili: mkahawa — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Swedish: restaurang — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Tagalog: restawran — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Tagalog: manganan — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Tajik: ресторан (restoran) — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Tajik: матъам (mat'am) — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Tamil: உணவகம் (uṇavakam) — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Tamil: ஓட்டல் (ōṭṭal) — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Tatar: ресторан (restoran) — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Telugu: ఫలహారశాల (phalahāraśāla) — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Thai: ร้านอาหาร (ráan-aa-hǎan) — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Thai: ภัตตาคาร (pát-dtaa-kaan) — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Tibetan: ཟ་ཁང (za khang) — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Tigrinya: ቤት መግቢ (bet mägbi) — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Tok Pisin: haus kaikai — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Turkish: lokanta — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Turkish: restoran — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Ottoman Turkish: لوقانطه (lōqānda, lōqānta) — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Ottoman Turkish: لوقنطه (lōqanda, lōqanta) — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Turkmen: restoran — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Ukrainian: рестора́н (restorán) — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Urdu: ریسْتوران (restorān) — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Urdu: ریسْٹورانْٹ (resṭorānṭ) — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Urdu: ہوٹَل (hoṭal) — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Urdu: طَعَام گاہ (ta'ām gāh) — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Urdu: مَطْعَم (mat'am) — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Uyghur: رېستوران (rëstoran) — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Uzbek: restoran — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Vietnamese: quán ăn — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Vietnamese: tiệm ăn — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Vietnamese: nhà hàng — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Vietnamese: quán — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Vietnamese: hàng — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Volapük: staudöp — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Walloon: restorant — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Welsh: bwyty — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • West Circassian: рестэран (restɛran) — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Wutunhua: saghang — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Yakut: эрэстэрээн (erestereen) — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Yiddish: רעסטאָראַן (restoran) — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Yoruba: ilé-oúnjẹ — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Zhuang: canhdingh — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Zhuang: bouqlaeuj — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
  • Zhuang: bouqhaeux — an eating establishment in which diners are served food
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