restaurateur
English edit
Alternative forms edit
- restauranteur (but see usage note)
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French restaurateur.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
restaurateur (plural restaurateurs)
- The owner of a restaurant.
Usage notes edit
This is also spelled restauranteur (with an n), but this is considered erroneous by some, and the form restaurateur (without the n) is preferred in formal writing, and especially in the United Kingdom.[1]
The form restaurateur (without the n) is the earlier form, borrowed from French, while the form restauranteur (with an n) = restaurant + -eur (“(agent) one who”) is a later formation, from Anglicized forms, and thus seen by some as an etymological error.
However, restauranteur is widely used, and can be found in formal British writing.[2]
Related terms edit
- (female): restaurateuse, restauratrice
Translations edit
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References edit
- ^ restaurateur, restauranteur (nn.), Kenneth G. Wilson, The Columbia Guide to Standard American English, 1993
- ^ See for instance Me and my travels: Raymond Blanc, restauranteur, in The Guardian and The Observer, 2008–10–12
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Late Latin restaurātōrem.
Noun edit
restaurateur m (plural restaurateurs, feminine restauratrice)
- restorer (of a work of art)
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
restaurateur m (plural restaurateurs, feminine restauratrice)
- restaurateur, restaurant owner
Related terms edit
- restaurateuse (rare feminine form)
Further reading edit
- “restaurateur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.