bistrot

English

Etymology

From French bistrot.

Noun

bistrot (plural bistrots)

  1. Alternative form of bistro.
    • 1969, Waverley Root, “What This Guide Tells You”, in Paris Dining Guide, New York, N.Y.: Atheneum, →LCCN, page 20:
      In that Bible of French gastronomes, the Michelin guide, the top three-star rating would not conceivably be given to any but the great elegant practitioners of the haute cuisine—not to a restaurant serving the cuisine bourgeoise, not to a bistrot, not to a small place with one person in the kitchen, even if that one person is a genius.
    • 1977, James Brady, “Max”, in Paris One: A Novel, New York, N.Y.: Delacorte Press, →ISBN, page 107:
      He lunched alone in a bistrot, reading the Paris Herald-Trib and noting with perverse pleasure that Bill Bradley had scored only eight points in the Knicks’ first playoff game.
    • 1979, Herbert R[oger] Lottman, “Awakening”, in Albert Camus: A Biography, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday & Company, Inc., →ISBN, page 51:
      Further along, at a bistrot run by Maltese, they would eat the Mediterranean sausage soubressade, accompanied by heavy wine.
    • 2002, Roger Nichols, “Exotic and Nostalgic Dreamworks”, in Ravel: Shéhérazade / Le Tombeau de Couperin / Debussy: Ballades de Villon, New York, N.Y.: Universal Classics Group, B0002121-02, page 4, column 1:
      The composer was duly taken out to a bistrot for a generous beverage or two, and on his return listened to the piece conducted by Pedro de Freitas Branco at a considerably faster tempo.

Finnish

Noun

bistrot

  1. nominative plural of bistro

French

Pronunciation

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Noun

bistrot m (plural bistrots)

  1. alternative form of bistro
  2. publican

Further reading

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French bistrot.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bisˈtro/*
  • Rhymes: -o
  • Hyphenation: bi‧strót

Noun

bistrot m (invariable)

  1. bistro

Further reading

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bisˈtɾo/ [bisˈt̪ɾo]
    • Rhymes: -o
  • IPA(key): /bisˈtɾot/ [bisˈt̪ɾot̪]
    • Rhymes: -ot
  • Syllabification: bis‧trot

Noun

bistrot m (plural bistrots)

  1. alternative form of bistró

Further reading

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