Restaurant Definition
rĕs-tə-ränt, -tər-ənt
restaurants
noun
restaurants
A place where meals can be bought and eaten.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Restaurant
Noun
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restaurantPlural:
restaurantsOrigin of Restaurant
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Borrowing from French restaurant, from the verb restaurer, from Latin restaurans, present participle of restauro (“I restore"), from the name of the 'restorative' soup served in the first establishments.
From Wiktionary
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French restorative soup, restaurant from present participle of restaurer to restore from Old French restorer restore
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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