restaurateur

Etymology
Borrowed from.

Noun

 * 1) The owner of a restaurant.

Usage notes
This is also spelled (with an ), but this is considered erroneous by some, and the form  (without the ) is preferred in formal writing, and especially in the United Kingdom.

The form (without the ) is the earlier form, borrowed from French, while the form  (with an ) =  +  is a later formation, from Anglicized forms, and thus seen by some as an etymological error.

However, is widely used, and can be found in formal British writing.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 餐館老闆
 * Czech:
 * Danish: restauratør
 * Faroese: matstovuvertur
 * Finnish:, ravintolanpitäjä
 * French: ,
 * German:, , Restaurantbetreiber, Restaurantbetreiberin, , , , , , Restaurateurin
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian: étterem-tulajdonos,
 * Icelandic: veitingamaður
 * Italian:, ristoratrice
 * Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish: xwarinxanevan, xwarinxanedar, restorator
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: restauratør
 * Nynorsk: restauratør
 * Polish:, restauratorka
 * Russian:
 * Swedish:

Etymology 1
From.

Noun

 * 1) restorer of a work of art

Etymology 2
From.

Noun

 * , restaurant owner