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:/ˌɹɛst(ə)ɹəˈtɜː/
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CMU ARPABET:R EH2 S T ER0 AH0 T ER1
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
CMU ARPABET 2:R EH2 S T R AH0 T ER1
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
The owner of a restaurant.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
the proprietor of a restaurant
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: restauranter
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: owner, proprietor
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 Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin -ātōremlbor. French -ateur French restaurateurbor. English restaurateur Borrowed from French restaurateur.
Across languages
Translations
35 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Chinese Mandarin:
餐館老闆 /餐馆老板
(cānguǎn lǎobǎn)
— owner of a restaurant
Czech:
restauratér
— owner of a restaurant
Danish:
restauratør
— owner of a restaurant
Faroese:
matstovuvertur
— owner of a restaurant
Finnish:
ravintoloitsija
— owner of a restaurant
Finnish:
ravintolanpitäjä
— owner of a restaurant
French:
restaurateur
— owner of a restaurant
French:
restauratrice
— owner of a restaurant
German:
Restaurantbesitzer
— owner of a restaurant
German:
Restaurantbesitzerin
— owner of a restaurant
German:
Restaurantbetreiber
— owner of a restaurant
German:
Restaurantbetreiberin
— owner of a restaurant
German:
Gastronom
— owner of a restaurant
German:
Gastronomin
— owner of a restaurant
German:
Gastwirt
— owner of a restaurant
German:
Gastwirtin
— owner of a restaurant
German:
Restaurateur
— owner of a restaurant
German:
Restaurateurin
— owner of a restaurant
Greek:
εστιάτορας
(estiátoras)
— owner of a restaurant
Hungarian:
étterem-tulajdonos
— owner of a restaurant
Hungarian:
vendéglős
— owner of a restaurant
Icelandic:
veitingamaður
— owner of a restaurant
Italian:
ristoratore
— owner of a restaurant
Italian:
ristoratrice
— owner of a restaurant
Northern Kurdish:
xwarinxanevan
— owner of a restaurant
Northern Kurdish:
xwarinxanedar
— owner of a restaurant
Northern Kurdish:
restorator
— owner of a restaurant
Norwegian Bokmål:
restauratør
— owner of a restaurant
Norwegian Nynorsk:
restauratør
— owner of a restaurant
Polish:
restaurator
— owner of a restaurant
Polish:
restauratorka
— owner of a restaurant
Russian:
ресторатор
(restorator)
— owner of a restaurant