taverna

From Greek ταβέρνα (tavérna), from Latin taberna. Doublet of taberna and tavern.

• IPA^(key): /təˈvɜː(ɹ)nə/, /təˈvɛə(ɹ)nə/

taverna (plural tavernas)

1. A small Greek restaurant.

   Hypernyms: tavern, restaurant < establishment

   Coordinate terms: taberna, osteria, trattoria, bistro

   • 1852, Edward Lear, Journals of a Landscape Painter in Southern Calabria, &c., London: Richard Bentley, […], pages 46–47:

     The streets of Palizzi, through which no Englishman perhaps had as yet descended, were swarming with perfectly naked, berry-brown children, and before I reached the taverna I could hardly make my way through the gathering crowd of astonished mahogany Cupids. The taverna was but a single dark room, […] ; still it was a better resting-place than the hut at Condufóri, inasmuch as it was free from many intruders.

   • 2007 November 18, Henry Shukman, “In Rustic Tavernas, a Classic Cuisine Gets Its Due”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:

     In the tavernas of Loutro I had the best octopus I’ve ever eaten, grilled simply with garlic, olive oil and sage over a charcoal fire.

• “taverna”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

From Latin taberna.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [təˈβɛr.nə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [təˈvɛr.nə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [taˈvɛɾ.na]

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taverna f (plural tavernes)

1. bar, pub

   Synonym: bar

• “taverna”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “taverna” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

From Italian taverna.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɑʋernɑ/, [ˈt̪ɑ̝ʋe̞rnɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑʋernɑ
• Syllabification^(key): ta‧ver‧na
• Hyphenation^(key): ta‧ver‧na

taverna

1. tavern

• “taverna”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023

• vartena, veranta

From Latin taberna.

• IPA^(key): /taˈvɛr.na/
• Rhymes: -ɛrna
• Hyphenation: ta‧vèr‧na

taverna f (plural taverne)

1. tavern

   Synonym: osteria

• taverna in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

• entrava, nervata, traevan, vantare, vanterà, varante, vernata

• taberna

From Old Galician-Portuguese taverna, from Latin taberna (“inn, tavern, shop”).

• Homophone: (Northern Portugal) taberna
• Hyphenation: ta‧ver‧na

taverna f (plural tavernas)

1. pub, tavern

From Old Swedish taværne, from Latin taberna.

taverna c

1. restaurant

   Synonyms: krog, restaurang, värdshus

Often used for restaurants specializing in wines.

• taverna in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• taverna in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• taverna in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• tabernakel in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

• IPA^(key): [tɑ.βeɾ.nɑ]

taverna (definite accusative tavernayı, plural tavernalar)

1. taverna, a small Greek restaurant
2. a tavern with live music