trattoria

[ trah-tuh-ree-uh ]

noun

1. a usually inexpensive or informal restaurant or cafe specializing in Italian dishes.

trattoria

/ ˌtrætəˈrɪə /

noun

1. an Italian restaurant

Word History and Origins

Origin of trattoria¹

1825–35; < Italian: public eating place, restaurant, equivalent to trattor ( e ) restaurateur ( tratt ( are ) to treat + -ore -or ², as translation of French traiteur ) + -ia -ia

Word History and Origins

Origin of trattoria¹

C19: from Italian, from trattore innkeeper, from French traiteur , from Old French tretier to treat

Example Sentences

In the empty trattoria, he berated the waiter for bringing the wrong decanter and wine glasses.

From The Daily Beast

No osteria or trattoria by the roadside, but will give you this on short order if you do not seek anything more substantial.

From Project Gutenberg

Many were given in a little open-air trattoria, near the Via Garibaldi.

From Project Gutenberg

I ordered the best dinner in the Trattoria, sir, and thought we might perhaps dine together for once.

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But one day she did not come to the Trattoria della Harmonia; she had been struck by the scourge and was dead the next day.

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It was that of a very modest restaurant decorated with this signboard: 'Trattoria al Marzocco.'

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