different between restaurant vs waitstaff

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

• wait staff
• waiting staff

Etymology

wait +? staff

Noun

waitstaff (usually uncountable, plural waitstaffs)

1. Collectively, staff employed to wait at tables in a restaurant.

Translations

See also

• waiter
• waitress
• server