restaurant

/ˌrɛstəˈrɑnt/noun

Word forms

plural: restaurants (restaurants)

How it is spelled and how it sounds

The initial syllable 'res-' is stressed with a short /ɛ/, and the final '-ant' is unstressed.

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In connected speech

The final /t/ in ‘restaurant’ may be pronounced more softly or even omitted in fast, connected speech.

In the lessons (1 sentence)

s2-les-05 · 17En we zijn ook uitgeweest naar een Chinees restaurant en naar een lokale bruine kroeg met goede muziek en lekker bier.And we also went out to a Chinese restaurant and to a local brown café with good music and nice beer.Open in lesson ↗

In the frequency dictionary

General #221

Marked known.