bistro
UK/ˈbiːstɹəʊ/US/ˈbiːstɹoʊ/
bistro noun: a small casual restaurant or pub, typically serving French-style cuisine.
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Noun
bistro (plural bistros)
- A small casual restaurant or pub, typically serving French-style cuisine.
- Now, a coalition of bistro owners, unions and trade organizations is lobbying to get Unesco to grant Paris's sidewalk bistros and cafes official status as France's "intangible cultural heritage."2018 June 16, Claire Mufson, “Paris Bistros Became Symbols of Resilience. But Are They Unesco Worthy?”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from...
- The rule that Christmas preparations should wait until after Thanksgiving doesn't apply to Hugue Dufour and his wife, Sarah Obraitis, the owners of M. Wells, a Québécois bistro in Long Island City.2023 December 4, Nina Mesfin, “The New Must-Have for Every Stocking: French Canadian Meat Pie!”, in The New Yorker, New York, N.Y.: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original...
- Synonyms:
- alehouse, boozer, boozing ken, bousing ken, drinker, drinkery, gargle-factory, gin joint, groggery, local
Verb
bistro (third-person singular simple present bistros, present participle bistroing, simple past and past participle bistroed)
- To eat at a bistro.
bistro meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
bistro in Hindi
- बिस्ट्रो, बिस्त्रो
bistro in Tamil
- சிறு உணவகம், இரவு விடுதி
bistro in Marathi
- small restaurant
- बिस्ट्रो bisṭro
- small bar
- बिस्ट्रो bisṭro
bistro in Urdu
- بسٹرو
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- bistro in Bengali
- বিস্ত্রো
- bistro in Telugu
- బిస్ట్రో
- bistro in Malayalam
- ബിസ്ട്രോ, ബിസ്ട്രോയ്ക്ക്
- bistro in Kannada
- ಬಿಸ್ಟ್ರೋ, ಬಿಸ್ಟ್ರೊ
- bistro in Punjabi
- ਬਿਸਟਰੋ, ਬਿਸਟਰੌ
- bistro in Gujarati
- બિસ્ટ્રો
- bistro in Odia
- ବିସ୍ଟ୍ରୋ, ବିସ୍ଟ୍ରୋକୁ
- bistro in Nepali
- बिस्ट्रो
- bistro in Tagalog
- bistro
- bistro in Malay
- bistro
Examples of bistro in a sentence
- Classic bistro fare—including quiche Lorraine and vols-au-vent—make for a light lunch comme il faut.
- From World-renown chef Gordon Fukayami come Roppongi, a bistro house with a South Asian flair.
- One of your dwarves falls in love with a comely gnome maiden who works at one of the bistros in town.
Synonyms of bistro
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Forms of bistro
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | bistros |
| alternative form | bistrot |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | bistros |
| present participle | bistroing |
| past participle | bistroed |
| past | bistroed |
Origin of bistro
Attested from c. 1920, from the French bistro(t) with the original meaning "proprietor of a tavern" (1880s), of unknown origin, presumably regional French dialect. See the French etymology for more.
Words formed from bistro
Words that rhyme with bistro
Questions about bistro
- What does bistro mean?
- Bistro means a small casual restaurant or pub, typically serving French-style cuisine.
- What is bistro in Hindi?
- Bistro in Hindi is बिस्ट्रो, बिस्त्रो. See Bistro meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is bistro?
- Bistro can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce bistro?
- Bistro is pronounced /ˈbiːstɹəʊ/ (UK).
- What is the plural of bistro?
- The plural of bistro is bistros.
Words near bistro in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: bistro (page history and authors); bistro (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bistro (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); bistro (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); Bistro (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); bistro (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bistro (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bistro (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bistro (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bistro (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bistro (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bistro (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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