trattoria

[ trah-tuh-ree-uh ]

/ ˌtrɑ təˈri ə /

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noun

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

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Origin of trattoria

1825–35; <Italian: public eating place, restaurant, equivalent to trattor(e) restaurateur (tratt(are) to treat + -ore-or², as translation of French traiteur) + -ia-ia

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How to use trattoria in a sentence

In the empty trattoria, he berated the waiter for bringing the wrong decanter and wine glasses.
Brunello’s King Lear: Gianfranco Soldera Reflects on the Attack on His Wine|Alice Feiring|December 8, 2013|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.
Italian Highways and Byways from a Motor Car|Francis Miltoun
Many were given in a little open-air trattoria, near the Via Garibaldi.
The Life of James McNeill Whistler|Elizabeth Robins Pennell
I ordered the best dinner in the Trattoria, sir, and thought we might perhaps dine together for once.
The Eternal City|Hall Caine

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.
Life of Elie Metchnikoff, 1845-1916|Olga Metchnikoff
It was that of a very modest restaurant decorated with this signboard: 'Trattoria al Marzocco.'
Cosmopolis, Complete|Paul Bourget

British Dictionary definitions for trattoria

trattoria

/ (ˌtrætəˈrɪə) /

noun

an Italian restaurant

Word Origin for trattoria

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

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