restaurateur
French, noun/ʁɛs.tɔ.ʁa.tœʁ/
restaurateur is spelled R-E-S-T-A-U-R-A-T-E-U-R (12 letters) and appears 1.9 times per million words in written French, the 20,952nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Restaurateur is a French masculine noun meaning “restorer (of a work of art)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Celui qui répare, qui rétablit”.
What does restaurateur mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinerestorer (of a work of art)
noun
- 1
masculinerestaurateur, restaurant owner
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Celui qui répare, qui rétablit. 2. Celui qui tient un restaurant, s’occupe de le gérer ou préparer les repas.
adjective: 1. Qui répare ou qui rétablit.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of restaurateur
- restaurateurs plural
- restauratrice feminine
- restauratrices plural feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce restaurateur?
- /ʁɛs.tɔ.ʁa.tœʁ/
- \ʁɛs.tɔ.ʁa.tœʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to restaurateur
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is restaurateur in French?
restaurateur appears 1.9 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).