restaurateuse
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Example Sentences
- "Jonathan Hazard remembered, ‘Lee takes being a restaurateuse very seriously. Do you know she won’t marry me because she might have to give it up if she did?’"
- "We were sitting in a studio, an odd mix of people who included another now good friend, Myrtle Allen of Ballymaloe House in Ireland. She is a restaurateuse of great distinction, suitably garlanded by Michelin, and she had just opened an eating house in Paris."
- "“When I was a little teenager, I was workin’” – restaurateuse. Rancher: “Kids don’t realize.” “My kids say, ‘Don’t talk about the dark ages.’ I say to them, ‘You may be seein’ more of ’em!’” Talking, refills author’s coffee."
- "It's not a spin-off, since none of the characters are the same. (the fact that the actress is the same doesn't make it a spin-off--in Cheers she played a cheery British barmaid and in C.A. she was a crusty American restaurateuse.) However, it is an example of a rip-off sitcom (using the same basic premise that has succeeded elsewhere)."
- "It was on that occasion and many more like it that I got to know a great Morelian cook and restaurateuse, Livier Ruiz, who has become a cherished friend. I have published a few of her recipes before and here is one of hers and two simple ones from the food fair."
- "<> / Uh, make that Costa Rica. I've had a problem with vowels ever since I read the following in the NY Post: / >RESTAURATEUSE Hayne Jason - who / >describes her Lucky Cheng's as an Epcot / >center for fetishists - hopes Ivana Trump / >has a thick skin. The 4,000 color / >brochures which just came back from the / >printer contain several photos of celebrity / >patrons. But the caption under one / >identifies The Donald's first wife as Ivana / >Tramp."
Etymology
Borrowed from French restaurateuse or formed in English by application of French rules (see French -eur, -euse), as it is more common in English than in French, where the more common feminine form of restaurateur is restauratrice.
Origin
- Source language: French
Word Breakdown
- Root: restaurateuse