different between waitron vs restaurant

English

Etymology 1

Coined as a gender-neutral substitute for waiter and waitress, this is one of the few words with the gender-neutral suffix -ron to have seen much use, probably re-inforced by rhyming with patron. (Some references instead analyse it as using the same "machinelike" suffix -tron as waitron (“mechanical waiter”), but more likely it uses -ron like laundron and like waiter and waitress use -er/-ress not *-ter/*-tress.)

Noun

waitron (plural waitrons)

1. (nonstandard, rare) A waiter or waitress.
   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:waitron.

Synonyms

• waitperson
• waitstaff (collective)
• server

References

Etymology 2

From waiter +? -tron.

Noun

waitron (plural waitrons)

1. (dated, science fiction) A robotic or mechanical waiter.

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