tavern

tav·ern  (tvrn)

n.

1. An establishment licensed to sell alcoholic beverages to be consumed on the premises.

2. An inn for travelers.

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[Middle English taverne, from Old French, from Latin taberna, hut, tavern, probably from *traberna, from trabs, trab-, beam; see trave.]

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tavern [ˈtævən]

n

1. (Business / Commerce) a less common word for pub

2. (Business / Commerce) US, Eastern Canadian, and NZ a place licensed for the sale and consumption of alcoholic drink

[from Old French taverne, from Latin taberna hut]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

tavern - a building with a bar that is licensed to sell alcoholic drinks tap house beer garden - tavern with an outdoor area (usually resembling a garden) where beer and other alcoholic drinks are served bucket shop - (formerly) a cheap saloon selling liquor by the bucket building, edifice - a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place; "there was a three-story building on the corner"; "it was an imposing edifice" gin mill, pothouse, pub, public house, taphouse, saloon - tavern consisting of a building with a bar and public rooms; often provides light meals rathskeller - a tavern below street level featuring beer; originally a German restaurant in the basement of city hall shebeen - unlicensed drinking establishment

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tavern

noun inn, bar, pub (informal, chiefly Brit.), public house, watering hole (facetious slang), boozer (Brit., Austral., & N.Z. informal), hostelry, alehouse (archaic), taproom The tavern was packed with about 120 drinkers.

Quotations
"There is nothing which has yet been contrived by man, by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern or inn" [Dr. Johnson]

Translations

tavern (archaic) [ˈtævən] N → taberna f

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tavern [ˈtævə^rn] n → taverne f

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tavern

n (old) → Taverne f, → Schänke f, → Schenke f (old)

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tavern [ˈtævən] n (old) → taverna

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tavern [ˈtævən] n (old) → taverna

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tavern

n tavern [ˈtӕvən]

an inn or public house The travellers stopped at a tavern for a meal and a mug of ale. taverne حانَه، خان، فَنْدُق хан hostinec kro; beværtning die Taverne ταβέρνα taberna kõrts میخانه؛ مسافرخانه taverna auberge פּוּנדָק सराय gostionica, krčma kocsma rumah minum krá taverna 居酒屋 여관, 여인숙 smuklė taverna; krodziņš tavern taveerne vertshus, kro gospoda hospedaria han; tavernă, cârciumă таверна hostinec, krčma krčma taverna värdshus ที่พักคนเดินทาง meyhane 小酒館；小旅館, 客棧 таверна; закусочна سرائے، شراب خانہ quán trọ 小酒馆；小旅馆, 客栈