bistro
noun/ˈbiːstrəʊ/
/ˈbiːstrəʊ/
(plural bistros)
- a small informal restaurantTopics Cooking and eatingc1Word Origin1920s: French; perhaps related to bistouille, a northern colloquial term meaning ‘bad alcohol’, perhaps from Russian bystro ‘rapidly’.
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