HOW TO PRONOUNCE
restaurant
/ˈɹɛstɚˌɑnt/
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3 syllables · Stress on syllable 1
Also listed with 2 syllables.
TRY SAYING
“We chose a restaurant near the station.”
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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does restaurant mean?
noun
- An eating establishment in which diners are served food, usually by waiters at their tables but sometimes (as in a fast food restaurant) at a counter.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈɹɛstɚˌɑnt/
Pronunciation used in the listening tip.
CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗Other dictionary pronunciations
/ˈɹɛst(ə)ˌɹɑnt//ˈɹɛst(ə)ɹənt/
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See this word in context.
Trina had lied again both as to the want of oil for the stove and the commutation ticket for the restaurant.
This Restaurant Rousseau, where so few bottles and so many water carafes were emptied, was a calming potion rather than a restaurant.
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On the Saturday evening he asked her to come and drink coffee with him in a restaurant, meeting him after work was over.
One side of the passage was a blank wall, for the building it supported was an old unsuccessful theatre restaurant, now shut up.
He ate in a cheap restaurant in the vicinity, and, being cold and lonely, went straight off to seek the loft in question.