osteria

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian osteria. Doublet of hostry.

Noun

osteria (plural osterias or osterie)

  1. A small local restaurant in Italy.
    • 2015 August 13, Robert Draper, “In Italy, Hiking and Haute Cuisine in the Dolomites”, in New York Times:
      And though the standard fare at the mountain osterias known as rifugios largely remains slabs of speck and strong local cheese, there are exceptions — most notably Col Alt, a rifugio above Corvara accessible only by ski lift, where meat dishes take the form of succulent venison or rabbit, and bottles of aged Barolo offer a noble complement to the soaring mountain vistas.

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Finnish

Noun

osteria

  1. partitive singular of osteri

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Italian

Etymology

From oste + -eria, from Old French oste (innkeeper, host).

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ia
  • IPA(key): /o.steˈri.a/
  • Rhymes: -ia
  • Hyphenation: o‧ste‧rì‧a

Noun

osteria f (plural osterie)

  1. inn
  2. barrelhouse
  3. bistro
  4. tavern
  5. osteria (small restaurant in the countryside)

Descendants

  • English: osteria
  • Polish: austeria
    • Russian: австе́рия (avstérija)

Interjection

osteria

  1. (euphemistic) expletive, often used to replace the mildly blasphemous expletive ostia (Host, Communion wafer); blimey!
  2. gee

Further reading

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

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