buvette

See also: Buvette

English

Etymology

French buvette

Noun

buvette (plural buvettes)

bar (place where beverages are sold), mainly in French contexts

French

Etymology

Diminutive form of boire (Old French boivre).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /by.vɛt/
Audio (file)

Noun

buvette f (plural buvettes)

bar (place where beverages are sold) particularly a small one

Descendants

Haitian Creole: bivèt
→ Italian: buvette
→ Switzerland German: Buvette

Further reading

“buvette”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from French buvette.

Noun

buvette f (invariable)

cafeteria in the Italian parliament
bar (in a theatre etc.)

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