🇫🇷 French

restaurants

Did you know? This word is a cognate — it looks similar in English and has the same meaning. Cognates are usually easier to remember!
masculine

les restaurants

restaurants

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restaurants
/le ʁɛstɔʁɑ̃/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say restaurants in French?

IPA
/le ʁɛstɔʁɑ̃/

How do you pronounce restaurants in French?

restaurants is pronounced /le ʁɛstɔʁɑ̃/ in French.

Example sentences

Le restaurant français est très bon, mais il est cher.

The French restaurant is very good, but it is expensive.

Ce restaurant italien que j'ai visité hier était fermé.

That Italian restaurant that I visited yesterday was closed.

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Why is it masculine?

Restaurants is masculine in French. While it does derive from the Latin "restaurare" (to restore), the gender is primarily determined by the "-ant" suffix, which typically produces masculine nouns in French when used as agent nouns or gerunds. The word originally referred to a restorative broth or dish (noun usage of the present participle) before becoming the establishment itself.

What is the French word for restaurants?

The French word for restaurants is les restaurants — masculine.

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