different between restaurant vs rotisserie

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French restaurant, present participle of the verb restaurer, corresponding to Latin restaurans, restaurantis, present participle of restauro (“I restore”), from the name of the 'restorative' soup served in the first establishments.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???s.t(?).???/, /???s.t(?).??nt/, /???s.t(?).?(?)nt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /???s.t(?)???nt/, /???s.t(?).??nt/
• Hyphenation: tau?rant

Noun

restaurant (plural restaurants)

1. An eating establishment in which diners are served food, usually by waiters at their tables but sometimes (as in a fast food restaurant) at a counter.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:restaurant

Derived terms

• resto

Related terms

• restaurateur

Translations

See also

• bar
• cook, chef
• drive-in
• fast food
• grill
• menu, Appendix:Menus
• slow food
• waiter m, waitress f, waitron

Afrikaans

Alternative forms

• restourant

Etymology

From Dutch restaurant, from French restaurant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /r?st????rant/, /r?stu?rant/

Noun

restaurant (plural restaurante or restaurants, diminutive restaurantjie)

1. restaurant

Catalan

Etymology

From French restaurant.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /r?s.t?w??ant/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /r?s.t?w??an/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /res.taw??ant/
• Rhymes: -ant

Noun

restaurant m (plural restaurants)

1. restaurant

Verb

restaurant

1. present participle of restaurar

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from French restaurant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [??sd?o????]

Noun

restaurant c (singular definite restauranten, plural indefinite restauranter)

1. restaurant

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French restaurant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /r?sto??r?nt/, /r?stu?r?nt/, /r?st??r?nt/
• Hyphenation: res?tau?rant
• Rhymes: -?nt

Noun

restaurant n (plural restaurants or restauranten, diminutive restaurantje n)

1. restaurant

Usage notes

In Belgium, the plural form restauranten is common and co-exists with the plural form restaurants. In the Netherlands, the plural form restauranten is rare.

Derived terms

Descendants

• Afrikaans: restaurant
• ? Indonesian: restoran

French

Etymology

From the present participle of restaurer. Corresponds to Latin restaurans, restaurantem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??s.t?.???/

Noun

restaurant m (plural restaurants)

1. restaurant

Verb

restaurant

1. present participle of restaurer

Related terms

• restaurer
• restauration

Descendants

Further reading

• “restaurant” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Verb

restaurant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of restaur?

Norman

Etymology

Either inherited from Old French or borrowed from French.

Noun

restaurant m (plural restaurants)

1. restaurant

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from French restaurant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /r?st??r??/

Noun

restaurant m (definite singular restauranten, indefinite plural restauranter, definite plural restaurantene)

1. a restaurant

References

• “restaurant” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from French restaurant.

Noun

restaurant m (definite singular restauranten, indefinite plural restaurantar, definite plural restaurantane)

1. a restaurant

References

• “restaurant” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Romanian

Etymology

From French restaurant.

Noun

restaurant n (plural restaurante)

1. restaurant

English

Alternative forms

• rôtisserie

Etymology

From French rôtisserie. Doublet of rosticceria.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /????t?.s?.?i/, /????t?s.?i/, /???t?.s?.?i/, /???t?s.?i/

Noun

rotisserie (plural rotisseries)

1. A cooking device with which food is roasted on a rotating spit.
   • 2007, Dan Huntley, Lisa Grace Lednicer, Extreme Barbecue: Smokin' Rigs and 100 Real Good Recipes, page 279,

     Rotisseries are essentially self-basting because most of the juices stay on the meat and distribute across it while the rotisserie is being turned.

   • 2010, Regina S. Baraban, Joseph F. Durocher, Successful Restaurant Design, page 150,

     Rotisseries cook with dry heat, but the continual rotation of foods as they cook helps maintain their natural juices.

   • 2010, Diane Phillips, The Ultimate Rotisserie Cookbook, page v,

     The Italians are famous for their little windup rotisseries that cook in wood—burning ovens.

   • 2011, Wayne Gisslen, Professional Cooking, 7th Edition, page 47,

     Rotisserie broilers cook meats and other foods by turning them slowly in front of electric or gas-powered heating elements.

2. A shop or restaurant selling food cooked in this manner.
   • 1871, D. Appleton, Appletons' Hand-Book of American Travel: Western Tour, page 124,

     Restaurants, chop-houses, rotisseries, abound in every part^{[of San Francisco]}.

   • 1983, Sandra Hart, Best of the Caribbean, 1984, Fisher Travel Guides, page 215,

     We refuse to be drawn into the debate over which of St. Barts' two rotisseries is the best. They're both good.

   • 2009, Tom Masters, Europe on a Shoestring, page 818,

     Rue Chaouia, opposite the central market, is the best place for a quick bite, with a line of rotisseries, stalls and restaurants serving roast chicken, brochettes and sandwiches until past midnight.

Translations

See also

• spit roast

Verb

rotisserie (third-person singular simple present rotisseries, present participle rotisserieing, simple past and past participle rotisseried)

1. (transitive) To cook on a rotisserie.