bistro

• bistrot

Attested from c. 1920, from the French bistro(t) with the original meaning "proprietor of a tavern" (1880s), of unknown origin, presumably regional French dialect. See the French etymology for more.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbiːstɹəʊ/, /ˈbɪstɹəʊ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈbiːstɹoʊ/, /ˈbɪstɹoʊ/

• Audio (General Australian):

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• Rhymes: -ɪstɹəʊ

bistro (plural bistros)

1. A small casual restaurant or pub, typically serving French-style cuisine.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pub

   • 2018 June 16, Claire Mufson, “Paris Bistros Became Symbols of Resilience. But Are They Unesco Worthy?”, in The New York Times‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 1 March 2024:

     Now, a coalition of bistro owners, unions and trade organizations is lobbying to get Unesco to grant Paris's sidewalk bistros and cafes official status as France's "intangible cultural heritage."

   • 2023 December 4, Nina Mesfin, “The New Must-Have for Every Stocking: French Canadian Meat Pie!”, in The New Yorker‎^[2], New York, N.Y.: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 17 January 2024:

     The rule that Christmas preparations should wait until after Thanksgiving doesn't apply to Hugue Dufour and his wife, Sarah Obraitis, the owners of M. Wells, a Québécois bistro in Long Island City.

bistro (third-person singular simple present bistros, present participle bistroing, simple past and past participle bistroed)

1. (rare) To eat at a bistro.

• “bistro”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “bistro”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

• orbits

From French bistro.

• IPA^(key): [ˈb̥isd̥ʁo]

bistro c (singular definite bistroen, plural indefinite bistroer)

1. A bistro.

• “bistro” in Den Danske Ordbog

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• IPA^(key): /ˈbistro/
• Rhymes: -istro
• Hyphenation: bis‧tro

bistro (accusative singular bistron, plural bistroj, accusative plural bistrojn)

1. bistre

From French bistro.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbistro/, [ˈbis̠.tro̞]
• Rhymes: -istro
• Syllabification^(key): bist‧ro
• Hyphenation^(key): bist‧ro

bistro

1. bistro

• “bistro”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[3] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023

• bistrot

The etymology is unclear; it is presumed to come from a regional word: bistro, bistrot, bistingo, or bistraud, a word in the Poitou dialect which means a "lesser servant", or bistouille, bistrouille, a colloquial term from the northern area of France^[1] for a mixture of brandy and coffee, the kind of beverage that could be served at a bistro. The first recorded use of the word appears in 1884,^[2] the next in 1892 ("bistrot").

A popular folk etymology of the word claims that it originated among Russian troops who occupied Paris following the Napoleonic Wars. In taverns they would shout the Russian бы́стро (býstro, “quickly”) to the waiters, so that "bistro" took on the meaning of a place where food was served quickly.^[3] This etymology is rejected, due to the 69 year gap between the proposed origin and the first attestation.

• IPA^(key): /bis.tʁo/

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bistro m (plural bistros)

1. bistro
2. (metonymic, France) proprietor of a bistro

   Synonym: bistrotier

• bistrotier

• → Brazilian Portuguese: bistrô
• → Danish: bistro
• → English: bistro

• bistro on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• bistro on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fr
• “bistro”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Borrowed from French bistre.

bistro m (plural bistri)

1. bistre

bistro

1. first-person singular present indicative of bistrare

• bistro in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Borrowed from French bistro.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbis.trɔ/

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• Rhymes: -istrɔ
• Syllabification: bis‧tro

bistro n (indeclinable)

1. bistro (small restaurant)

   paryskie bistro ― a Parisian bistro

   pobliskie bistro ― a nearby bistro

   małe bistro ― a small bistro

   bar i bistro ― bar and bistro

or

Indeclinable.

• bistro in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• bistro in Polish dictionaries at PWN

bistro n (plural bistrouri)

1. alternative form of bistrou

Borrowed from French bistro.

bìstrō m inan (Cyrillic spelling бѝстро̄)

1. bistro

bistro (Cyrillic spelling бистро)

1. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular of bistar

bistro (Cyrillic spelling бистро)

1. clearly

• IPA^(key): /ˈbistɾo/ [ˈbis.t̪ɾo]
• Rhymes: -istɾo
• Syllabification: bis‧tro

bistro m (plural bistros)

1. alternative form of bistró

• Manuel Seco, Olimpia Andrés, Gabino Ramos (3 August 2023) “bistro”, in Diccionario del español actual [Dictionary of Current Spanish] (in Spanish), third digital edition, Fundación BBVA [BBVA Foundation]

From French bistro. Attested since 1947.

bistro c

1. small bar or café

• bistro in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• bistro in Svensk ordbok (SO)