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restaurateur

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.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˌɹɛst(ə)ɹəˈtɜː/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • 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
  • Swedish: restauratör — owner of a restaurant
  • Swedish: traktör — owner of a restaurant
  • Swedish: krögare — owner of a restaurant
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