restauration

See also: Restauration

English

Etymology

From Middle English restauracioun, from Late Latin restaurātiō; compare French restauration.

Noun

restauration

1. Obsolete form of restoration.
   • 1680, John Price, The Mystery and Method of His Majesty's Happy Restauration:

     […] began and compleated the Restauration of our present Sovereign

   • 1685, John Dryden, Albion and Albanius, published 1691, Act I, scene i, page 10:

     Behold the differing Climes agree, / Rejoycing in thy Reſtauration.

References

• “restauration”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• resaturation

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin restaurātiōnem. By surface analysis, restaurer +‎ -ation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁɛs.tɔ.ʁa.sjɔ̃/

• Audio; “hôtellerie restauration”:

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Noun

restauration f (plural restaurations)

1. restoration
2. the restaurant industry
3. (computing) restore

Descendants

• → Turkish: restorasyon

Further reading

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