resto
French, noun/ʁɛs.to/
resto is spelled R-E-S-T-O (5 letters) and appears 11 times per million words in written French, the 6,288th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Resto is a French masculine noun meaning “resto, restaurant” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Variante de restau pour dire restaurant”.
What does resto mean in English?
noun
- 1
colloquialmasculineresto, restaurant
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Variante de restau pour dire restaurant.
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 resto
- restos plural
- restau alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce resto?
- /ʁɛs.to/
- \ʁɛs.to\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to resto
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is resto in French?
resto appears 11 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).