brasserie
4
7.2
- noun
- /ˈbræsəri/
:
brasería
- Let's meet at the local brasserie for some beer and a light meal.
- brasserie food
- lunch at the brasserie
- brasserie restaurant
Examples
-
Get your fiance to take you to a French brasserie and give you oysters.
-
He goes to the brasserie on Kochergasse in the evenings with his friends, drinks beer, and learns to make fondue.
Fiction book (1993) -
We are going to a French brasserie.
-
Want to meet for lunch Friday at the Brasserie?
-
Tomorrow we're locked into a lunch at Brasserie Lipp.
-
There's an exquisite brasserie in Soho.
-
This morning we had breakfast in the hotel's Brasserie—or brassiere, as my friend calls it.
Blog text (18) -
You've got your piano bar there, you've got your brasserie, you've got your carvery, you've got a sports bar here with the big screens.
-
Paris Montage: At a brasserie: Andy is about to escort Serafine into the trendy eatery, but she stops him at the door and points to the menu, or more specifically, the prices.
Fiction book (1997) -
Only last year, over lunch in the Brasserie, loose-tongued after a single glass of white wine—we children of Brighton Beach never really learned to drink; our heads whirl after a single cocktail, and we talk too much after a sip of wine.
Fiction book (1992)
Synonyms
206
1.0
A small place that serves coffee, drinks, and light food
156
1.0
A small cafe where people buy coffee and light food
40
3.7
A small informal restaurant that serves simple meals and wine
25
1.0
A small place where people drink coffee and eat light food
13
3.9
A small bar or restaurant that serves drinks and simple food
5
5.7
A small simple restaurant that serves coffee and sandwiches at a counter
5
7.7
A small place that serves simple meals and drinks
5
1.3
A small café where people buy coffee and light snacks
3
6.6
A place like a small restaurant that serves high-quality food and drinks
2
7.4
A small cheap restaurant that serves simple food
1
6.2
A small restaurant or bar in Mediterranean countries that serves traditional food and drinks
1
4.6
A pub that serves good food and drinks in a nice place
How Casual
Surface Forms
Etymology
Brasserie comes from the French brasser, which means 'to brew'. It first meant a 'brewery', a place that made beer, and later came to mean a casual restaurant where beer and simple food are served, so a brasserie feels like an easy, beer-friendly café.