Restaurateur
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Occupation type | Business |
Activity sectors | Restaurants, business, culinary arts |
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Fields of employment | Restaurant |
Related jobs | Businessperson, chef |
A restaurateur is a person who opens and runs restaurants professionally. Although over time the term has come to describe any person who owns a restaurant, it traditionally refers to a highly skilled professional who is proficient in all aspects of the restaurant business.
Etymology
[edit]The French restaurateur comes from the Late Latin restaurator ("restorer") and from the Latin restaurare ("to restore").[1][2][3] Restaurateur is simply French for a person who owns or runs a restaurant.[4] The feminine form of the French noun is restauratrice.[5] A less common variant spelling restauranteur, which is a later formation from Anglicized forms, is formed from the "more familiar" restaurant, with the French suffix -eur ("one who") borrowed from restaurateur.[6] It is considered by some to be an etymological error or misspelling,[4][6] and the form restaurateur (without the n), the earlier form borrowed from French, is preferred in formal writing, especially in the United Kingdom.[7] Restauranteur (with the n) is still widely used, including in formal British writing.[8] The Oxford English Dictionary gives examples of this variant (described as "originally American") going back to 1837.[9] H. L. Mencken said that in using this form he was using an American word rather than a French word.[10]
See also
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- Foodservice
- List of restaurateurs
- National Restaurant Association
- Restaurant management
- The World's 50 Best Restaurants
References
[edit]- ^ Michele, Norris (17 October 2006). "Restaurateur Shares the Secret of His Success". NPR. Retrieved 16 November 2025.
- ^ Muhlke, Christine (9 August 2010). "The Insider | Sang Yoon". T. New York Times Company. Retrieved 16 November 2025.
- ^ "restaurateur". Merriam-Webster (Online ed.). 2025. Retrieved 16 November 2025.
- ^ a b "Restaurateur vs. restauranteur". Grammarist. 6 April 2011. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
- ^ "restaurateur". Dictionnaire de l'Académie française (in French) (Online ed.). 2025. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
- ^ a b "restaurateur". Dictionary.com Unabridged (Online). n.d. Retrieved 16 November 2025.
- ^ Wilson, Kenneth (1993). "restaurateur, restauranteur". The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. Columbia University Press. Archived from the original on 7 March 2009. Retrieved 16 November 2025 – via Bartleby.com.
- ^ Wilkinson, Carl (11 October 2008). "Me and my travels". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 16 November 2025.
- ^ "restauranteur". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2025. Retrieved 16 November 2025. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.)
- ^ Mencken, H. L. (1989) [1941]. "A Genial Restauranteur". Newspaper Days. New York: Dorset. p. 215. OCLC 1029047323.
External links
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The dictionary definition of restaurateur at Wiktionary
Media related to Restaurateurs at Wikimedia Commons
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