estaminet
pronunciation
How to pronounce estaminet in British English:
UK [es'tæmɪneɪ]
How to pronounce estaminet in American English:
US [estæmɪ'neɪ]
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- Noun:
- a small (and usually shabby) cafe selling wine and beer and coffee
Word Origin
- estaminet (n.)
- 1814, from French, "a café in which smoking is allowed" (17c.), of unknown origin; some suggest a connection to French estamine, a type of open woolen fabric used for making sieves, etc., from Latin stamineus "made of thread." Or [Watkins] from Walloon stamen "post to which a cow is tied at a feeding trough," from Proto-Germanic *stamniz (see stem (n.)). For the excrescent e-, see e-.