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Definition of estaminet in English:

estaminet

noun

  • A small cafe in France that sells alcoholic drinks.

    • ‘He cuts to the interior of a busy estaminet much later in the night, with Arnaud sitting at the counter nursing a coffee, oblivious to the bustling life around him.’

Pronunciation

estaminet

/esˌtamēˈnā/ /ɛsˌtæmiˈneɪ/

Origin

French, from Walloon staminé ‘byre’, from stamo ‘a pole for tethering a cow’, probably from German Stamm ‘stem’.