Definition of restaurant in English:
restaurant
noun ˈrɛst(ə)rɒ̃ˈrɛst(ə)rɒntˈrɛst(ə)r(ə)nt
A place where people pay to sit and eat meals that are cooked and served on the premises.
Example sentencesExamples
- Fred decides to take his family and friends for a meal at an expensive restaurant.
- It will be an unique urban quarter with cafes, restaurants and places in which to relax.
- This is also the place to seek out some of the best, and cheapest, restaurants in the whole of France.
- The pub now has two restaurants serving anything from sausages to shark steaks.
- She'd taken him out for dinner at one of the more expensive restaurants in town.
- A large number of pubs serving food and restaurants now offer no smoking areas or no smoking at all.
- "I own the Italian restaurant down the street.
- The market for coffee shops and convenience restaurants has exploded in recent years.
- It's one of my favourite restaurants, partly for the food but mainly for the atmosphere.
- All the stores and fast-food restaurants were closed for the day.
- Why not pause to eat at a decent restaurant and have a recommended local wine with your meal?
- The resort's restaurants offer a variety of local and international food.
- Six women in their late twenties are gathered in a London restaurant for dinner.
- Along the way are bars and restaurants ideal for a sunset drink in the soft sea breeze.
- He was going to meet her at the most expensive restaurant in town!
- On the camp site is a well stocked shop and a restaurant, that also serves takeaway dishes.
- The few local shops and restaurants catering to summer visitors are closed for the season.
- A customer of a restaurant is deeply affected by the manner in which staff serve them.
- Eating out is easy with over 700 restaurants catering to a broad range of tastes.
- When Lou's father was young, he started a restaurant in the city.
Synonyms
eating place, eating house
informal eatery
Origin
Early 19th century: from French, from restaurer 'provide food for' (literally 'restore to a former state').
restore from Middle English:
This is from Old French restorer, from Latin restaurare ‘rebuild, restore’. This can also mean ‘to provide food for’ from its restorative effects, which is the source of restaurant (early 19th century).