# bistro
## English
### Alternative forms

* bistrot

### Etymology

Attested from c. 1920, from the French bistro(t) with the original meaning "proprietor of a tavern" (1880s), of unknown origin, presumably regional French dialect. See the French etymology for more.

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˈbiːstɹəʊ/, /ˈbɪstɹəʊ/
* (US) IPA: /ˈbiːstɹoʊ/, /ˈbɪstɹoʊ/
* Audio (General Australian):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɪstɹəʊ

### Noun

bistro (plural bistros)
* A small casual restaurant or pub, typically serving French-style cuisine.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pub
** 2018 June 16, Claire Mufson, “Paris Bistros Became Symbols of Resilience. But Are They Unesco Worthy?”, in The New York Times‎, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2024-03-01:Now, a coalition of bistro owners, unions and trade organizations is lobbying to get Unesco to grant Paris's sidewalk bistros and cafes official status as France's "intangible cultural heritage."
** 2023 December 4, Nina Mesfin, “The New Must-Have for Every Stocking: French Canadian Meat Pie!”, in The New Yorker‎, New York, N.Y.: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2024-01-17:The rule that Christmas preparations should wait until after Thanksgiving doesn't apply to Hugue Dufour and his wife, Sarah Obraitis, the owners of M. Wells, a Québécois bistro in Long Island City.

#### Derived terms

* bistronomy

#### Translations

    The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

### Verb

bistro (third-person singular simple present bistros, present participle bistroing, simple past and past participle bistroed)
* (rare) To eat at a bistro.

### See also

* fast food

### Further reading

* “bistro”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
* “bistro”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

### Anagrams

* orbits

## Danish
### Etymology

From French bistro.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈb̥isd̥ʁo]

### Noun

bistro c (singular definite bistroen, plural indefinite bistroer)
* A bistro.

#### Inflection
### Further reading

* “bistro” in Den Danske Ordbog

## Esperanto
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)
* IPA: [ˈbistro]
* Rhymes: -istro
* Hyphenation: bis‧tro

### Noun

bistro (accusative singular bistron, plural bistroj, accusative plural bistrojn)
* bistre

## Finnish
### Etymology

From French bistro.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbistro/, [ˈbis̠.tro̞]
* Rhymes: -istro
* Hyphenation: bist‧ro

### Noun

bistro
* bistro

#### Declension

Possessive forms of bistro (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
bistroni
bistroni
accusative
nom.
bistroni
bistroni
gen.
bistroni
genitive
bistroni
bistrojeni
partitive
bistroani
bistrojani
inessive
bistrossani
bistroissani
elative
bistrostani
bistroistani
illative
bistrooni
bistroihini
adessive
bistrollani
bistroillani
ablative
bistroltani
bistroiltani
allative
bistrolleni
bistroilleni
essive
bistronani
bistroinani
translative
bistrokseni
bistroikseni
abessive
bistrottani
bistroittani
instructive
comitative
—bistroineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
bistrosi
bistrosi
accusative
nom.
bistrosi
bistrosi
gen.
bistrosi
genitive
bistrosi
bistrojesi
partitive
bistroasi
bistrojasi
inessive
bistrossasi
bistroissasi
elative
bistrostasi
bistroistasi
illative
bistroosi
bistroihisi
adessive
bistrollasi
bistroillasi
ablative
bistroltasi
bistroiltasi
allative
bistrollesi
bistroillesi
essive
bistronasi
bistroinasi
translative
bistroksesi
bistroiksesi
abessive
bistrottasi
bistroittasi
instructive
comitative
—bistroinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
bistromme
bistromme
accusative
nom.
bistromme
bistromme
gen.
bistromme
genitive
bistromme
bistrojemme
partitive
bistroamme
bistrojamme
inessive
bistrossamme
bistroissamme
elative
bistrostamme
bistroistamme
illative
bistroomme
bistroihimme
adessive
bistrollamme
bistroillamme
ablative
bistroltamme
bistroiltamme
allative
bistrollemme
bistroillemme
essive
bistronamme
bistroinamme
translative
bistroksemme
bistroiksemme
abessive
bistrottamme
bistroittamme
instructive
comitative
—bistroinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
bistronne
bistronne
accusative
nom.
bistronne
bistronne
gen.
bistronne
genitive
bistronne
bistrojenne
partitive
bistroanne
bistrojanne
inessive
bistrossanne
bistroissanne
elative
bistrostanne
bistroistanne
illative
bistroonne
bistroihinne
adessive
bistrollanne
bistroillanne
ablative
bistroltanne
bistroiltanne
allative
bistrollenne
bistroillenne
essive
bistronanne
bistroinanne
translative
bistroksenne
bistroiksenne
abessive
bistrottanne
bistroittanne
instructive
comitative
—bistroinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
bistronsa
bistronsa
accusative
nom.
bistronsa
bistronsa
gen.
bistronsa
genitive
bistronsa
bistrojensa
partitive
bistroaan bistroansa
bistrojaan bistrojansa
inessive
bistrossaan bistrossansa
bistroissaan bistroissansa
elative
bistrostaan bistrostansa
bistroistaan bistroistansa
illative
bistroonsa
bistroihinsa
adessive
bistrollaan bistrollansa
bistroillaan bistroillansa
ablative
bistroltaan bistroltansa
bistroiltaan bistroiltansa
allative
bistrolleen bistrollensa
bistroilleen bistroillensa
essive
bistronaan bistronansa
bistroinaan bistroinansa
translative
bistrokseen bistroksensa
bistroikseen bistroiksensa
abessive
bistrottaan bistrottansa
bistroittaan bistroittansa
instructive
comitative
—bistroineen bistroinensa :

### Further reading

* “bistro”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

## French
### Alternative forms

* bistrot

### Etymology

The etymology is unclear; it is presumed to come from a regional word: bistro, bistrot, bistingo, or bistraud, a word in the Poitou dialect which means a "lesser servant", or bistouille, bistrouille, a colloquial term from the northern area of France for a mixture of brandy and coffee, the kind of beverage that could be served at a bistro. The first recorded use of the word appears in 1884, the next in 1892 ("bistrot").
A popular folk etymology of the word claims that it originated among Russian troops who occupied Paris following the Napoleonic Wars. In taverns they would shout the Russian бы́стро (býstro, “quickly”) to the waiters, so that "bistro" took on the meaning of a place where food was served quickly. This etymology is rejected, due to the 69 year gap between the proposed origin and the first attestation.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bis.tʁo/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

bistro m (plural bistros)
* bistro
* (metonymically, France) proprietor of a bistro
    Synonym: bistrotier

#### Derived terms

* bistrotier

#### Descendants

* → Brazilian Portuguese: bistrô
* → Danish: bistro
* → English: bistro

### References

* ↑ Glenn Randall Mack, Asele Surina. Food Culture In Russia And Central Asia. →ISBN. Page 154.
* ↑ Robert K. Barnhart. The Barnhart Dictionary of Etymology. →ISBN. Page 94.
* ↑ Scarborough, Jack. The Origins of Cultural Differences and Their Impact on Management. →ISBN. Page 172; Joseph, Nadine. Passport France. World Trade Press, 1997. Page 84.

### Further reading

* bistro on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* bistro on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{fr}$
* “bistro”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Italian
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from French bistre.

#### Noun

bistro m (plural bistri)
* bistre

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

bistro
* first-person singular present indicative of bistrare

### Further reading

* bistro in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

## Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from French bistro.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbis.trɔ/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -istrɔ
* Syllabification: bis‧tro

### Noun

bistro n (indeclinable)
* bistro (small restaurant)
    paryskie bistro ― a Parisian bistro
    pobliskie bistro ― a nearby bistro
    małe bistro ― a small bistro
    bar i bistro ― bar and bistro

#### Declension

or
Indeclinable.

### Further reading

* bistro in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* bistro in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Romanian
### Noun

bistro n (plural bistrouri)
* Alternative form of bistrou

#### Declension
## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

From French bistro.

### Noun

bìstrō m (Cyrillic spelling бѝстро̄)
* bistro

#### Declension
### Adjective

bistro
* neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular of bistar

### Adverb

bistro
* clearly

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbistɾo/ [ˈbis.t̪ɾo]
* Rhymes: -istɾo
* Syllabification: bis‧tro

### Noun

bistro m (plural bistros)
* bistro

## Swedish
### Etymology

From French bistro. Attested since 1947.

### Noun

bistro c
* small bar or café

#### Declension

| | | nominative | genitive |
| singular | indefinite | bistro | bistros |
| singular | definite | bistron | bistrons |
| plural | indefinite | bistroer | bistroers |
| plural | definite | bistroerna | bistroernas |

### References

* bistro in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* bistro in Svensk ordbok (SO)