bistro

Attested from c. 1920, from the French bistro(t) with the original meaning "proprietor of a tavern" (1880s), of unknown origin, presumably regional French dialect. See the French etymology for more.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbiːstɹəʊ/, /ˈbɪstɹəʊ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈbiːstɹoʊ/, /ˈbɪstɹoʊ/

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• Rhymes: (UK) -ɪstɹəʊ, (US) -ɪstɹoʊ

bistro (plural bistros)

1. A small restaurant.
2. A small bar or pub.

• See also Thesaurus:pub

bistro (third-person singular simple present bistros, present participle bistroing, simple past and past participle bistroed)

1. (rare) to eat at a bistro

• fast food

• orbits

From French bistro.

• IPA^(key): [ˈb̥isd̥ʁo]

bistro c (singular definite bistroen, plural indefinite bistroer)

1. A bistro.

• “bistro” in Den Danske Ordbog

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• IPA^(key): [ˈbistro]
• Rhymes: -istro
• Hyphenation: bis‧tro

bistro (accusative singular bistron, plural bistroj, accusative plural bistrojn)

1. bistre

From French bistro.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbistro/, [ˈbis̠t̪ro̞]
• Rhymes: -istro
• Syllabification^(key): bist‧ro

bistro

1. bistro

• bistrot

The legend of the origin of the word due to the Russian occupation in 1814.

The etymology is unclear; it is presumed to come from a regional word: bistro, bistrot, bistingo, or bistraud, a word in the Poitou dialect which means a "lesser servant", or bistouille, bistrouille, a colloquial term from the northern area of France[1] for a mixture of brandy and coffee, the kind of beverage that could be served at a bistro. The first recorded use of the word appears in 1884,[2] the next in 1892 ("bistrot").

A popular folk etymology of the word claims that it originated among Russian troops who occupied Paris following the Napoleonic Wars. In taverns they would shout the Russian бы́стро (býstro, “quickly”) to the waiters, so that "bistro" took on the meaning of a place where food was served quickly.[3] This etymology is rejected, due to the 69 year gap between the proposed origin and the first attestation.

• IPA^(key): /bis.tʁo/

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bistro m (plural bistros)

1. bistro

• → Brazilian Portuguese: bistrô
• → Danish: bistro
• → English: bistro

• bistro on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• bistro on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fr
• “bistro”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Borrowed from French bistre.

bistro m (plural bistri)

1. bistre

bistro

1. first-person singular present indicative of bistrare

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

Borrowed from French bistro.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbis.trɔ/

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• Rhymes: -istrɔ
• Syllabification: bis‧tro

bistro n (indeclinable)

1. bistro (small restaurant)

   paryskie bistro ― a Parisian bistro

   pobliskie bistro ― a nearby bistro

   małe bistro ― a small bistro

   bar i bistro ― bar and bistro

Or indeclinable.

• bistro in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• bistro in Polish dictionaries at PWN

bistro n (plural bistrouri)

1. Alternative form of bistrou

From French bistro.

bìstrō m (Cyrillic spelling бѝстро̄)

1. bistro

bistro

1. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular of bistar

bistro

1. clearly

bistro m (plural bistros)

1. bistro

From French bistro. Attested since 1947.

bistro c

1. small bar or café

• bistro in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• bistro in Svensk ordbok (SO)