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restau

restaurant (informal)

noun reh-STOH Rare
Food & Drink Dishes

Usage Note

Restau is a clipped, very common informal shortening of restaurant. Another truncated form, resto, is equally widespread. Both are used in casual speech when suggesting eating out; the full form restaurant is reserved for more formal or written contexts.

Examples

"On va au restau ce soir ?"

Natural Translation

Are we going to the restaurant tonight?

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