# restaurant

Pronunciation: US say "RES-tuh-rahnt" /ˈɹɛst(ə)ˌɹɑnt/; UK say "RES-tuh-ront" /ˈɹɛst(ə)ɹɒnt/

## Noun

1. A business where customers are served meals, usually by waiters at their tables but sometimes at a counter, as in fast food.
   - Simple: A place where you pay to eat a meal, often served at your table.
   - _After the movie, they found a quiet restaurant for a late dinner._
   - _Several new restaurants have opened downtown since the start of the year._

## Origin

This word was borrowed from French restaurant, the present participle of the verb restaurer, which corresponds to Latin restauro ("I restore"). The name came from the "restorative" soup served in the earliest such establishments.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/restaurant (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).