estaminet

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/ɛˈstæmɪneɪ//ɛstæmɪˈneɪ/

noun

A small café or bar.

OriginFrench estaminet →
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Meanings

nounestaminet (plural estaminets)

plural estaminets

  1. A small café or bar.

    Kit […] went in a little estaminet, and sat over in a corner with a twelve-centime glass of beer, reviewing the situation.

    2006, Thomas Pynchon, “Bilocations”, in Against the Day, New York, N.Y.: Penguin Press, →ISBN, page 525
  2. archaicA restaurant where smoking is allowed.

Origin

  1. Frenchestaminet
  2. Frenchestaminet
  3. Englishestaminet

Borrowed from French estaminet.

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Cite this entry
APA

estaminet. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/estaminet

MLA

“estaminet.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/estaminet. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “estaminet,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/estaminet.

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