estaminet

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French estaminet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛˈstæmɪneɪ/, /ɛstæmɪˈneɪ/

Noun

estaminet (plural estaminets)

1. A small café or bar.
   • 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 589:

     Kit […] went in a little estaminet, and sat over in a corner with a twelve-centime glass of beer, reviewing the situation.

2. (archaic) A restaurant where smoking is allowed.

Anagrams

• tantièmes

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French estaminet.

Pronunciation

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Noun

estaminet n (plural estaminets, diminutive estaminetje n)

1. small café or inn

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Walloon estaminé (“a small café”), from stamon (“a post to which cows are tied next to a manger”). Compare Walloon staminée (“manger”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛs.ta.mi.nɛ/

• Audio:

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Noun

estaminet m (plural estaminets)

1. (obsolete) restaurant room where smoking is allowed
2. (by extension) small café

   Synonyms: café, café-bar

   • 1924, Emmanuel Bove, Mes Amis‎^[1]:

     Je prends mon café, à côté de chez moi, dans un estaminet. Le zinc du comptoir est ondulé, au bord.

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Further reading

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