brasserie

noun

bras·​se·​rie ˌbras-ˈrē How to pronounce brasserie (audio)
ˌbra-sə-
: an informal usually French restaurant serving simple hearty food

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Lewis Nunn Millie's Lounge Snuggling into dark blue velvet booths surrounded by towering deep green columns, head to Millie’s Lounge—The Ned’s British brasserie, for superior afternoon teas. Lewis Nunn, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025 Winfrey and Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises chief Rich Melman converted it into a multi-roomed, 500-seat brasserie with English, French, Italian and American themes. Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 22 Feb. 2025 Corinthia Brussels has a phenomenally cozy brasserie, Le Petit Bon Bon, and a 13,000-square-foot spa. Chrissie McClatchie, Travel + Leisure, 21 Feb. 2025 Café de Paris Monte-Carlo Guests have been traveling to this iconic brasserie in Monaco for 150 years and for good reason. Alissa Fitzgerald, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for brasserie

Word History

Etymology

French, literally, brewery, from Middle French brasser to brew, from Old French bracier, from Vulgar Latin *braciare, of Celtic origin; akin to Welsh brag malt

First Known Use

1825, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of brasserie was in 1825

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“Brasserie.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brasserie. Accessed 22 Mar. 2025.

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