Diner

English

Etymology

to dine + -er

Noun

Diner (plural Diners)

1. Agent noun of dine; one who dines; one who eats a meal, especially dinner.

   When it comes to Chinese food I have always operated under the policy that the less known about the preparation the better. A wise diner who is invited to visit the kitchen replies by saying, as politely as possible, that he has a pressing engagement elsewhere. –Calvin Trillin

2. A small and inexpensive type of restaurant which is modelled to resemble a dining car.
3. A railroad dining car.

   The diner is everybody's kitchen. –Richard Gutman

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:pub

Related terms

• dine
• dining
• dining car
• dinner
• Joe’s Diner

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Adjectives

agitated; gay; talkative; Epicurean; gluttonous.

Thesaurus

Brillat-Savarin, Lucullus, Pullman, Pullman car, TV dinner, alfresco meal, automat, baggage car, barbecue, beanery, bistro, board-and-roomer, boarder, bon vivant, boxcar, breakfast, brunch, buffet, buffet supper, buvette, caboose, cafe, cafeteria, cannibal, canteen, cantina, car, carnivore, carriage, chair car, chophouse, chuck wagon, clambake, coach, coal car, coffee break, coffee shop, coffeehouse, coffeeroom, connoisseur of food, consumer, cookhouse, cookout, cookshack, cookshop, covered waggon, day coach, diner-out, dinghy, dining car, dining hall, dining room, dinner, dog wagon, drawing room, drive-in, drive-in restaurant, eater, eater-out, eatery, eating house, elevenses, epicure, fast-food chain, feeder, fish fry, flat, flatcar, flesh-eater, fruitarian, gastronome, glutton, gondola, gourmand, gourmet, grain-eater, graminivore, granivore, greasy, grill, grillroom, hamburger stand, hash house, hashery, herbivore, high liver, high tea, hot luncheon, hot-dog stand, hungry mouth, kitchen, lactovegetarian, local, luggage van, lunch, lunch counter, lunch wagon, luncheon, luncheonette, luncher, lunchroom, mail car, mail van, man-eater, mash, meat breakfast, meat-eater, mess hall, mouth, omnivore, omophagist, palace car, pantophagist, parlor car, passenger car, petit dejeuner, phytophage, picnic, picnicker, pizzeria, plant-eater, predacean, quick-lunch counter, railway car, reefer, refrigerator car, restaurant, roomette, sleeper, smoker, smoking car, smorgasbord, snack bar, stockcar, supper, tank, tavern, tea, tea break, tearoom, teatime, tender, tiffin, trattoria, trencherman, truck, van, vegetarian, waggon, wiener roast, wienie roast

Pronunciation

• enPR: dī'nər IPA: /ˈdaɪnə(ɹ)/ SAMPA: /"daIn@r/

  Rhymes: -aɪnə(r)

Translations

a small and expensive type of restaurant which is modelled to resemble a dining car

Bulgarian: вагон-ресторант (bg) m.

French: café-restaurant

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin dēnārius.

Noun

Diner m. (plural Diners)

1. (usually in plural) money

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French

Verb

Diner

1. Alternative spelling of dîner.

Conjugation

   Conjugation of diner (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		diner			avoir diné
gerund		en dinant			en ayant diné
present participle		dinant
past participle		diné
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	dine	dines	dine	dinons	dinez	dinent
	imperfect	dinais	dinais	dinait	dinions	diniez	dinaient
	past historic1	dinai	dinas	dina	dinâmes	dinâtes	dinèrent
	future	dinerai	dineras	dinera	dinerons	dinerez	dineront
	conditional	dinerais	dinerais	dinerait	dinerions	dineriez	dineraient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior1	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	dine	dines	dine	dinions	diniez	dinent
	imperfect1	dinasse	dinasses	dinât	dinassions	dinassiez	dinassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	dine	—	dinons	dinez	—
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