restaurant
restaurant
The French word for restaurant is 'restaurant', pronounced 'res-toh-ron'. Like in English, it is used to refer to a place where people pay to sit and eat meals that are cooked and served on the premises.
Example sentences using: restaurant
Je vais au restaurant ce soir.
I'm going to the restaurant tonight.
This is a simple statement in French that expresses a common activity or plan. Notice that in French we use the preposition 'au' before masculine singular nouns which start with a consonant. 'Restaurant' is a common noun that's the same in both English and French.
Le restaurant est fermé aujourd'hui.
The restaurant is closed today.
This sentence describes the state of a place in French. 'Est' is the third person singular form of the verb 'être' (to be). 'Fermé' is a past participle used as an adjective, translating as 'closed' in English.
Il mange toujours au restaurant pendant sa pause déjeuner.
He always eats at the restaurant during his lunch break.
This sentence describes a regular or habitual action. The word 'toujours' means 'always' and 'pendant' signifies 'during'. The phrase 'sa pause déjeuner' translates directly to 'his lunch break'.