Brasserie Definition

brăsə-rē, brăs-rē
noun
A bar serving simple meals as well as beverages.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Brasserie

Noun

Singular:
brasserie
Plural:
brasseries

Origin of Brasserie

  • Borrowing from French brasserie, from brasser (“to brew”), from Old French bracer, from brace 'malt', from Gaulish brace (compare Welsh brag, Scottish braigh); akin to Latin marcēre 'to wither, droop', marcor 'putrification', Old Norse mǫrr 'suet, tallow', Lithuanian mèrkti 'to macerate, soak flax'.

    From Wiktionary

  • French from brasser to malt, brew from Old French bracier from Vulgar Latin braciāre from Latin brace malt of Celtic origin

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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