estaminet

American  

[es-ta-mee-ne] / ɛs ta miˈnɛ /

noun

French.

estaminets plural

1. a bistro or small café.

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estaminet British  

/ ɛstaminɛ /

noun

1. a small café, bar, or bistro, esp a shabby one

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Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

• estaminets
  plural

Etymology

Origin of estaminet

First recorded in 1805–15

Example Sentences

“On the way out, the lady of the estaminet said to the Resistance boys, ‘Your friend isn’t from round here, is he?’

From Washington Post • Apr. 21, 2016

For Daumier, everything worth drawing happened right under his nose, in the railway carriage, the estaminet, the cellar, the butcher's shop or the lawcourts.

From Time Magazine Archive

The hole in the hedge and the estaminet beyond was all that saved him.

From The Backwash of War The Human Wreckage of the Battlefield as Witnessed by an American Hospital Nurse by La Motte, Ellen Newbold

The estaminet attached sold very bad red wine at twelve francs a bottle.

From The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914-1918 by Morrison, F. L.

Now, the notary's bosom friend was a dealer in claret and cognac, who lived about a league from the city, and always passed his evenings at the estaminet.

From International Short Stories American by Various