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6-letter words (2 found)

BISTRO,ORBITS,

5-letter words (16 found)

BIROS,BITOS,BORTS,BRIOS,BRITS,OBITS,ORBIT,RIOTS,ROIST,ROSIT,ROSTI,ROTIS,TIROS,TORSI,TRIOS,TROIS,

4-letter words (33 found)

BIOS,BIRO,BIST,BITO,BITS,BOIS,BORS,BORT,BOTS,BRIO,BRIS,BRIT,BROS,OBIS,OBIT,ORBS,ORTS,RIBS,RIOT,RITS,ROBS,ROST,ROTI,ROTS,SORB,SORI,SORT,STIR,STOB,TIRO,TORI,TORS,TRIO,

3-letter words (29 found)

BIO,BIS,BIT,BOI,BOR,BOS,BOT,BRO,IOS,ISO,ITS,OBI,OBS,OIS,ORB,ORS,ORT,RIB,RIT,ROB,ROT,SIB,SIR,SIT,SOB,SOT,SRI,TIS,TOR,

2-letter words (14 found)

BI,BO,IO,IS,IT,OB,OI,OR,OS,SI,SO,ST,TI,TO,

You can make 94 words from bistro according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of bistro

bistro

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbiːstɹəʊ/, /ˈbɪstɹəʊ/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈbiːstɹoʊ/, /ˈbɪstɹoʊ/
  • Rhymes: -ɪstɹəʊ

Noun

bistro (plural bistros)

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

Synonyms

  • See also Thesaurus:pub

Translations

Verb

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

  1. (rare) to eat at a bistro

See also

  • fast food

Anagrams

  • orbits

Danish

Etymology

From French bistro.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈb̥isd̥ʁo]

Noun

bistro c (singular definite bistroen, plural indefinite bistroer)

  1. A bistro.

Inflection

Further reading

  • “bistro” in Den Danske Ordbog

Esperanto

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

  1. bistre

Finnish

Etymology

From French bistro.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

bistro

  1. bistro

Declension

Further reading

  • “bistro”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

French

Alternative forms

  • bistrot

Etymology

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 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, 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. This etymology is rejected, due to the 69 year gap between the proposed origin and the first attestation.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bis.tʁo/

Noun

bistro m (plural bistros)

  1. bistro
  2. (metonymically, France) proprietor of a bistro
    Synonym: bistrotier

Derived terms

  • bistrotier

Descendants

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

References

Further reading

  • 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.

Italian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French bistre.

Noun

bistro m (plural bistri)

  1. bistre

Etymology 2

Verb

bistro

  1. first-person singular present indicative of bistrare

Further reading

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

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French bistro.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbis.trɔ/
  • Rhymes: -istrɔ
  • Syllabification: bis‧tro

Noun

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

Declension

or

Indeclinable.

Further reading

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

Romanian

Noun

bistro n (plural bistrouri)

  1. Alternative form of bistrou

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From French bistro.

Noun

bìstrō m (Cyrillic spelling бѝстро̄)

  1. bistro

Declension

Adjective

bistro

  1. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular of bistar

Adverb

bistro

  1. clearly

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbistɾo/ [ˈbis.t̪ɾo]
  • Rhymes: -istɾo
  • Syllabification: bis‧tro

Noun

bistro m (plural bistros)

  1. bistro

Swedish

Etymology

From French bistro. Attested since 1947.

Noun

bistro c

  1. small bar or café

Declension

References

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

Source: wiktionary.org