diner

Meaning

1. One who dines.
2. (rare) One who gives a dinner.
3. A dining car in a railroad train.
4. (US) A typically small restaurant, historically modeled after a railroad dining car, that serves lower-class fare, normally having a counter with stools along one side and booths on the other.

Synonyms

dining car

dining compartment

buffet car

restaurant

one who eats

feeder

snack bar

bistro

lounge car

club car

commensal

eater

eatery

Translations

comensal

vagone ristorante

Speisewagen

vagão-restaurante

cliente di ristorante

voiture-restaurant

brasserie

dîneur

μικροεστιατόριο

café-restaurant

ristorante economico

wagon-restaurant

εστιατόριο τρένου

γευματίζων

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈdaɪnə(ɹ)/

Etymology

From dine + -er.