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tavern en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈtævən/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈtævəɹn/ (General-American)

Etymology

From Middle English taverne, from Old French taverne (“wine shop”), from Latin taberna (“inn”). Doublet of taberna and taverna.

Meanings

1. A restaurant or bar.
2. (dated) A building containing a bar licensed to sell alcoholic drinks, and offering sleeping accommodations for travelers.
   • Dreaming when Dawn's Left Hand was in the Sky / I heard a Voice within the Tavern cry, / "Awake, my Little ones, and fill the Cup / Before Life's Liquor in its Cup be dry." 1859, Omar Khayyam, “(please specify the quatrain number in uppercase Roman numerals)”, in [Edward FitzGerald], transl., Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, the Astronomer-Poet of Persia. […], facsimile edition, London: Bernard Quaritch, […], →OCLC, page 1:
   • At half-past nine on this Saturday evening the parlor of the Salutation Inn, High Holborn, contained most of its customary visitors. […] In former days every tavern of repute kept such a room for the select circle—a club, or society, of habitués, who met every evening for a pipe and a cheerful glass. 1892, Walter Besant, “The Select Circle”, in The Ivory Gate […], New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], →OCLC, page 46:
   • I maruell I heare no nevves of Dromio, either hee ſlackes the matter, or betrayes his maiſter, I dare not motion anie thing to Stellio, till I knovve vvhat my boy hath don; Ile hunt him out, if the loiterſacke be gone ſpringing into a tauerne, Ile fetch him reeling out. c. 1590 (date written), [John Lyly], Mother Bombie. […], London: […] Thomas Scarlet for Cuthbert Burby, published 1594, →OCLC, Act II, scene ii, signature C3, verso:
   • At one of the way-stations on his long journey a barmaid at a tavern speaks to Gilgamesh and tries to give him common sense on the human condition. 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 201:

Forms

Deriveds

taverning · tavernkeeping · tavernlike · tavernless · tavern-style · tavern stand · Yellow Tavern · tavern fool · tavern-cut · tavernly · tavernize · tavernful · tavernwards · tavernous · klavern · tavernkeep · tavernkeeper · tavernman · tavernward · tavernwave · tavernry · tavernesque · tavern sandwich

Synonyms

watering hole · pot-house · public house · nineteenth hole · alehouse · boozer · local · saloon · gargle-factory · pub · boozing ken · bousing ken · groggery · inn · gin joint · drinkery · tavern · drinker · rummery

Translations (120)

fr taverne (bar) · eo taverno (bar) · grc καπηλεῖον (bar) · id kedai (bar) · uk пивни́ця (bar) · gl taberna (bar) · uk корчма (bar) · kk бар (bar) · pox kraug (bar) · de Taverne (bar) · uk шинок (bar) · cmn 酒店 (bar) · sv krog (bar) · el ταβέρνα (bar) · cs krčma (bar) · it birreria (bar) · ru пивна́я (bar) · grc λέσχη (bar) · it osteria (bar) · pl austeria (bar) · eo gastejo (bar) · ko 술집 (bar) · sl gostilna (bar) · sh krčma (bar) · ca taverna (bar) · izh portteri (bar) · uk генде́лик (bar) · fi ravintola (bar) · tr harabat (bar) · pt taberna (bar) · is krá (bar) · la taberna (bar) · ro bodegă (bar) · ar حَانَة (bar) · ko 주막 (bar) · pl karczma (bar) · ga teach ósta (bar) · eo drinkejo (bar) · uk бар (bar) · gl baiuca (bar) · ru бар (bar) · es tasca (bar) · sv gästgiveri (bar) · sq bujtinë (bar) · no kro (bar) · tl taberna (bar) · de Schankwirtschaft (bar) · hu csárda (bar) · de Gasthaus (bar) · nl taverne (bar) · km ភោជនាគារ (bar) · ro braserie (bar) · ja 居酒屋 (bar) · mk гостилница (bar) · uk пивна́ (bar) · bg механа (bar) · mk крчма (bar) · fa میکده (bar) · sq mriz (bar) · tpi haus dring (bar) · fi kapakka (bar) · cop ⲧⲁⲃⲓⲣⲛⲟⲛ (bar) · io taverno (bar) · el καπηλειό (bar) · la canaba (bar) · fi pubi (bar) · ja タバーン (bar) · es taberna (bar) · uk паб (bar) · nv tó bá hooghan (bar) · ga teach tábhairne (bar) · ota شربتخانه (bar) · hsb korčma (bar) · de Wirtshaus (bar) · sk krčma (bar) · ja 酒場 (bar) · cmn 酒館 /酒馆 (bar) · mi pāparakāuta (bar) · hi मधुशाला (bar) · izh kabakka (bar) · fa میستان (bar) · is knæpa (bar) · hu kocsma (bar) · es caramanchel (bar) · dsb kjarcma (bar) · ru корчма́ (bar) · fi kievari (bar) · sh gostionica (bar) · tr meyhane (bar) · cmn 客棧 /客栈 (bar) · it taverna (bar) · ru таве́рна (bar) · ru тракти́р (bar) · hi मदिरालय (bar) · ru каба́к (bar) · cy cyrfdy (bar) · da kro (bar) · pl tawerna (bar) · ota میخانه (bar) · sh ugostionica (bar) · ga teach óil (bar) · fi taverna (bar) · ru заку́сочная (bar) · mk биртија (bar) · hy պանդոկ (bar) · es chinchel (bar) · cy tafarn (bar) · cs hostinec (bar) · fa میخانه (bar) · uk кнайпа (bar) · vi tửu quán (bar) · osa hpéeceniihci (bar) · ro berărie (bar) · gl tasca (bar) · no taverna (bar) · la caupōna (bar) · gd taigh-seinnse (bar) · pdt Schenkj (bar) · es estanquillo (bar) · kk кабак (bar)