Restaurateur vs Traiteur - What's the difference?
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As nouns the difference between restaurateur and traiteur
is that restaurateur is the owner of a restaurant while traiteur is restaurateur.restaurateur
English
Alternative forms
* restauranteur (but see usage note)Usage notes
This is also spelled (restauranteur) (with an ‘n’), but this is considered erroneous by some, and the form restaurateur (without the ‘n’) is preferred in formal writing, and especially in the United Kingdom.restaurateur, restauranteur (nn.)'', Kenneth G. Wilson, ''The Columbia Guide to Standard American English, 1993 The form restaurateur (without the ‘n’) is the earlier form, borrowed from French, while the form (restauranteur) (with an ‘n’) = restaurant + is a later formation, from Anglicized forms, and thus seen by some as an etymological error. However, (restauranteur) is widely used, and can be found in formal British writing.See for instance
Me and my travels: Raymond Blanc, restauranteur, in The Guardian and The Observer, 2008–10–12