brasserie
noun
brasserie is spelled B-R-A-S-S-E-R-I-E: 9 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 53,573rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, brasserie means “A small, informal restaurant that serves beer and wine as well as simple food” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of brasserie is brasseries.
How many letters and syllables are in brasserie?
| Letters | 9: B-R-A-S-S-E-R-I-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 53,573rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is brasserie?
Brasserie appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 53,573rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce brasserie?
- US
Brasserie has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-brasserie.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with brasserie?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as brasserie.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: brassiere.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of brasserie
- brasseries plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does brasserie mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A small, informal restaurant that serves beer and wine as well as simple food.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Brasserie in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense type of restaurant:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | brasserie |
| German | Bierkneipe, Kneipe, Bierlokal, Lokal, Bierstube, Brasserie |
| Spanish | brasserie |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does brasserie come from?
Borrowed from French brasserie, from brasser (“to brew”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).