brasserie

noun

bras·​se·​rie ˌbras-ˈrē How to pronounce brasserie (audio)
ˌbra-sə-
: an informal usually French restaurant serving simple hearty food

Examples of brasserie in a Sentence

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Holborn Dining Room x Faber, Holborn A seafood collab between a grand central London brasserie and a low-intervention seafood darling shouldn’t work, but Holborn Dining Room’s summer link-up with Faber is the sleeper hit of the season. Lela London, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2025 The hotel, which was expanded in March 2023, has 235 rooms and suites, as well as a French brasserie called King. Kristin Braswell, AFAR Media, 23 July 2025 The hotel will have interiors that look like Versailles’ Hall of Mirrors and a French-Romanian brasserie. Maya Kachroo-Levine, Travel + Leisure, 28 Feb. 2025 French brasserie Gaspar is a good choice with a menu offering a superb tuna tataki, cassoulet and croque madame. Joanne Shurvell, Forbes.com, 23 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for brasserie

Word History

Etymology

French, literally, brewery, from Middle French brasser to brew, from Old French bracier, from Vulgar Latin *braciare, of Celtic origin; akin to Welsh brag malt

First Known Use

1825, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of brasserie was in 1825

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“Brasserie.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brasserie. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.

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