aire de restauration

French

Etymology

Literally, “restaurant area”. Suggested by the Office québécois de la langue française (OQLF) in 2003 as an alternative to the anglicism food-court, and adopted by the Commission d'enrichissement de la langue française (CELF, Commission on the Enrichment of the French Language) of France in 2007.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛʁ də ʁɛs.tɔ.ʁa.sjɔ̃/

Noun

aire de restauration f (plural aires de restauration)

  1. food court
    Synonyms: foire alimentaire, food-court

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