guinguette

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/ɡæŋˈɡɛt/

noun

A sort of outdoor tavern that once existed in the suburbs of Paris

Scrabble 12

Meanings

nounguinguette (plural guinguettes)

plural guinguettes

  1. historicalA sort of outdoor tavern that once existed in the suburbs of Paris

    Our walks, tete-a-tete, on the outside of the city, where I magnificently spent eight or ten sous in each guinguette.

    1903, Jean Jacques Rousseau, The Confessions of J. J. Rousseau, Book VIII.
    1 more example

    So again, a Tyrolese evening dance, though the costume, and the step, and the music may be different, is the same in feeling as that of the Parisian guinguette; but follow the Tyrolese into their temples, and their deep devotion and beautiful though superstitious reverence will be found very different from any feeling exhibited during a mass in Notre-Dame.

    1837, John Ruskin, The Poetry of Architecture

Origin

  1. Frenchguinguette
  2. Englishguinguette

Borrowed from French guinguette.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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