A "brasserie" is a restaurant that serves alcoholic beverages, especially beer, as well as food. The term comes from the French "brasser," meaning "to malt" or "to brew."
Una "brasserie" es un restaurante que sirve bebidas alcohólicas, especialmente cerveza, además de comida. El término proviene del francés "brasser", que significa "maltear" o "cervecer".
| Front | brasserie \bras-uh-REE, bras-REE\ |
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| Back | noun A restaurant serving alcoholic beverages, especially beer, as well as food. [French, from brasser, to malt, brew, from Old French bracier, from Vulgar Latin *braciare, from Latin brace, malt, of Celtic origin.] "The interview over, we retired to a brasserie just across the street from the entrance to the Morris' courtyard." |
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