buvette

See also: Buvette

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French buvette.

Noun

buvette (plural buvettes)

1. bar (place where beverages are sold), mainly in French contexts

French

Etymology

Diminutive form of boire (Old French boivre).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /by.vɛt/

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Noun

buvette f (plural buvettes)

1. bar (place where beverages are sold) particularly a small one

Descendants

• Haitian Creole: bivèt
• → Italian: buvette
• → Switzerland German: Buvette

Further reading

• “buvette”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from French buvette.

Noun

buvette f (invariable)

1. cafeteria in the Italian parliament
2. bar (in a theatre etc.)