restaurant
Syllables: res·tau·rant/ˈɹɛst(ə)ɹɒnt/US/ˈɹɛst(ə)ˌɹɑnt/
restaurant noun: an eating establishment in which diners are served food, usually by waiters at their tables but sometimes (as in a fast food restaurant) at a counter.
Noun
restaurant (plural restaurants)
- An eating establishment in which diners are served food, usually by waiters at their tables but sometimes (as in a fast food restaurant) at a counter.
- That Italian restaurant serves some of the best food I've ever had in my life.
- By one o'clock the place was choc-a-bloc. […] The restaurant was packed, and the promenade between the two main courts and the subsidiary courts was thronged with healthy-looking youngish people, drawn to the Mecca of tennis from all parts of the country.1935, George Goodchild, chapter 5, in Death on the Centre Court
restaurant meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
restaurant in Hindi
- an eating establishment in which diners are served food
- भोजनालय bhojnālay, रेस्तरां restarā̃, रेस्टोरेन्ट resṭorenṭ, रेस्तोरां restorā̃, होटल hoṭal
restaurant in Tamil
- an eating establishment in which diners are served food
- உணவகம் uṇavakam, ஓட்டல் ōṭṭal
restaurant in Marathi
- an eating establishment in which diners are served food
- उपहारगृह uphārgŕh
restaurant in Urdu
- an eating establishment in which diners are served food
- ریسْتوران restorān, ریسْٹورانْٹ resṭorānṭ, ہوٹَل hoṭal, طَعَام گاہ ta'ām gāh, مَطْعَم mat'am
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- restaurant in Bengali
- রেস্টুরেন্ট resṭurenṭo, রেস্তোরাঁ restōrã
- restaurant in Telugu
- ఫలహారశాల phalahāraśāla
- restaurant in Malayalam
- റെസ്റ്റോറൻറ് ṟesṟṟōṟaṉṟ, ലഘുഭക്ഷണശാല laghubhakṣaṇaśāla
- restaurant in Kannada
- ರೆಸ್ಟೋರೆಂಟ್ resṭōreṇṭ
- restaurant in Punjabi
- ਰੈਸਟੋਰੈਂਟ raisṭoraiṇṭ
- restaurant in Gujarati
- ભોજનાલય bhojnālay, હોટેલ hoṭel, રેસ્ટોરાં resṭorā̃, વીશી vīśī
- restaurant in Odia
- ଭୋଜନାଳୟ bhojanāḷaya
- restaurant in Sinhala
- අවන්හල awanhala
- restaurant in Assamese
- ৰেস্তোৰাঁ restürã, হোটেল hütel
- restaurant in Nepali
- रेस्टुरेन्ट resṭurenṭa
- restaurant in Pashto
- خوړنځی xwaṛǝnjay, رستوران rastorān, هوټل hoṭal
- restaurant in Tagalog
- restawran, manganan
- restaurant in Arabic
- مَطْعَم maṭʕam
- restaurant in Malay
- restoran, kedai makan, rumah makan
- restaurant in Indonesian
- restoran, rumah makan
- restaurant in Thai
- ร้านอาหาร ráan-aa-hǎan, ภัตตาคาร pát-dtaa-kaan
- restaurant in Vietnamese
- quán ăn, tiệm ăn, nhà hàng, quán
- restaurant in Myanmar
- စားသောက်ဆိုင် ca:saukhcuing, ထမင်းဆိုင် hta.mang:hcuing, စားတော်ဆက် ca:tauhcak
Examples of restaurant in a sentence
- The restaurant had "Thank you for your patronage!" printed on its take-out bags.
- The economics of running a restaurant are not easy to get right.
- Have you tried the new tacos from that restaurant? They're pretty bomb!
Synonyms of restaurant
6 more synonymsFewer synonyms
- eatery
- hashery
- hotel
- luncheonette
- lunchroom
- noshery
Antonyms
Forms of restaurant
| plural | restaurants |
|---|---|
| alternative form | resto |
Origin of restaurant
Borrowed from French restaurant, present participle of the verb restaurer, corresponding to Latin restaurans, restaurantis, present participle of restauro (“to restore”), from the name of the 'restorative' soup served in the first establishments.
Words formed from restaurant
- barstaurant
- breastaurant
- bustaurant
- Chinese restaurant process
- Chinese restaurant syndrome
- clubstaurant
- drive-in restaurant
- drive-through restaurant
- family restaurant
- ghost restaurant
- grocerant
- HORECA
- impresstaurant
- multirestaurant
- nonrestaurant
- one-arm restaurant
- overhead bridge restaurant
- overhead restaurant
- restaurant car
- restauranteer
- restauranteur
- restaurant-goer
- restaurantgoer
- restaurantish
- restaurantland
- restaurantware
- restauranty
- restaurateur
- resto
- restobar
- restopub
- tiki restaurant
Phrases with restaurant
Questions about restaurant
- What does restaurant mean?
- Restaurant means an eating establishment in which diners are served food, usually by waiters at their tables but sometimes (as in a fast food restaurant) at a counter.
- What is restaurant in Hindi?
- Restaurant in Hindi is भोजनालय (bhojnālay), रेस्तरां (restarā̃), रेस्टोरेन्ट (resṭorenṭ). See Restaurant meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is restaurant?
- Restaurant is a noun.
- How do you pronounce restaurant?
- Restaurant is pronounced /ˈɹɛst(ə)ɹɒnt/ (UK).
- What is the plural of restaurant?
- The plural of restaurant is restaurants.
Words near restaurant in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: restaurant (page history and authors). 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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