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Etymology

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Borrowed from French guinguette.

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guinguette (plural guinguettes)

  1. (historical) A sort of outdoor tavern that once existed in the suburbs of Paris
    • 1903, Jean Jacques Rousseau, The Confessions of J. J. Rousseau, Book VIII.[1]:
      Our walks, tete-a-tete, on the outside of the city, where I magnificently spent eight or ten sous in each guinguette.
    • 1837, John Ruskin, The Poetry of Architecture[2]:
      So again, a Tyrolese evening dance, though the costume, and the step, and the music may be different, is the same in feeling as that of the Parisian guinguette; but follow the Tyrolese into their temples, and their deep devotion and beautiful though superstitious reverence will be found very different from any feeling exhibited during a mass in Notre-Dame.

French

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La guinguette, Vincent van Gogh 1886

Etymology

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From guinguet, a type of wine typically served in these places.

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  • IPA(key): /ɡɛ̃.ɡɛt/
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guinguette f (plural guinguettes)

  1. (historical) guinguette (sort of outdoor tavern that once existed in the suburbs of Paris)
    • 1936, “C'est la guinguette”, in La rue de notre amour, performed by Damia:
      Mais c’est surtout la guinguette / La guinguette au bord de l’eau / Qui rapporte de nos fêtes / Les souvenirs les plus beaux
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