restaurateur

• restauranteur (but see usage note)

Borrowed from French restaurateur.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌɹɛst(ə)ɹəˈtɜː/

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restaurateur (plural restaurateurs)

1. The owner of a restaurant.

This is also spelled restauranteur (with an n), but this is considered erroneous by some, and the form restaurateur (without the n) is preferred in formal writing, and especially in the United Kingdom.[1]

The form restaurateur (without the n) is the earlier form, borrowed from French, while the form restauranteur (with an n) = restaurant + -eur (“(agent) one who”) is a later formation, from Anglicized forms, and thus seen by some as an etymological error.

However, restauranteur is widely used, and can be found in formal British writing.[2]

• (female): restaurateuse, restauratrice

• IPA^(key): /ʁɛs.tɔ.ʁa.tœʁ/

From Late Latin restaurātōrem.

restaurateur m (plural restaurateurs, feminine restauratrice)

1. restorer (of a work of art)

From restaurer +‎ -ateur.

restaurateur m (plural restaurateurs, feminine restauratrice)

1. restaurateur, restaurant owner

• restaurateuse (rare feminine form)

• “restaurateur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.