restaurant English · revision 3930

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=c. 1806|origins=fr restaurer}}

+

+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈɹɛs.t(ə.)ɹɒnt/, /ˈɹɛs.t(ə.)ɹɒ̃/ ''(UK)''; /ˈɹɛs.t(əˌ)ɹɑnt/, /ˈɹɛs.t(ə.)ɹənt/ ''(US)''^(Wiktionary)

+

+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|fr|restaurant|t=a restaurant]], originally “food that restores”, a noun use of the present participle of [[m|fr|restaurer|t=to restore, refresh]],^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(MWU 2024) from Old French restorer,^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) from [[la|restaurāre]].^(MWU 2024) It is related to [[restore]] and [[restaurateur]].^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)

+

+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ An eating-house where meals may be bought and eaten: by 1806 in a French context in Etymonline and Merriam-Webster;^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) 1827 in the OED and Barnhart, in Fenimore Cooper's The Prairie.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1988)

+

+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The French sense of a public dining room is said to have begun in Paris about 1765, with an establishment serving chiefly restorative soups;^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) an 18th-century French account names its founder as one Boulanger, whose sign parodied a biblical verse with “I will restore you”.^(Etymonline) Before that, the usual English word for a public place to eat was [[tavern]].^(Barnhart 1988) ''Restaurateur'' is from 1796, in Burke.^(Barnhart 1988) The ''restaurant car'' on a train is from 1875.^(OED 1989)

+

+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 1765 – the first Paris restaurants.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)

+ * 1796 – ''restaurateur''.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1806 – in a French context.^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)

+ * 1827 – in English use.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1875 – ''restaurant car''.^(OED 1989)

+

+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A place where meals are prepared and served to the public.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)

+

+ ==Word family==

+ * [[restaurateur]]

+ * [[Chinese restaurant syndrome]]

+ * [[restaurant car]]

+

+ ==Related words==

+ * [[restore]]

+ * [[restoration]]

+ * [[tavern]]

+ * [[cafe]]

+

+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}