noun
bistro
BEEST-roh
noun
1
A small, casual restaurant, often serving simple French-style food.
"They found a cozy bistro tucked down a side street in Paris."
How to Use Bistro
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA small, relaxed restaurant, typically French in style.
Common pairings
a French bistro
bistro menu
corner bistro
Word Forms
bistroed past tense, bistros plural, bistros singular
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Etymology
From French bistro(t), first recorded around the 1880s meaning "tavern keeper", of uncertain regional dialect origin.