What's the difference between banquette and banquetter?
Banquette
Definition:
(n.) A raised way or foot bank, running along the inside of a parapet, on which musketeers stand to fire upon the enemy.
(n.) A narrow window seat; a raised shelf at the back or the top of a buffet or dresser.
Example Sentences:
(1) They did, however, let the dog diner sit on the banquette to eat his lunch – quite possibly a first – and swiftly perked up when the owner came out to greet him.
(2) Owner Marco Monzauge points out the horseshoe-shaped leather banquette underneath a flat-screen television where Hollande sits on Saturday mornings when he is in his constituency.
(3) I’m in the otherwise empty upstairs room of a chic Paris restaurant, its walls, carpet and banquettes all (perhaps by chance) a Prince-appropriate purple.
(4) It dates from the 1800s, and its interior is presumably more authentic than most, but the green leather banquettes, dark wood fixtures and traditional glass partitions make it look like any number of replica high-street pubs – complete with television above the bar to show the football and a standard lineup of big brewery beers on tap.
(5) "Thank heavens for small mercies," muttered Johnson, and stuffed the offending book under the banquette.
(6) Perching himself on a banquette, he looks impeccable.
(7) "He is simply the most creative guy," gasps La Toya Jackson, gripping a banquette to steady herself as Hollywood Me ( Wednesday, 8pm, C4 ) swoons over a dazzling montage of Martyn Lawrence Bullard disco-pouffes, Martyn Lawrence Bullard souk-inspired walnut coffee tables and Martyn Lawrence Bullard Executive Soy Candles™ ($45; brown; influenced apparently by "Moroccan wind").
(8) 7-9 New Wakefield Street, 0161 236 0944, thefontbar.wordpress.com City Arms Most of Manchester's best pubs fringe the city centre, but this traditional two-roomed boozer (polished leather banquettes, black-and-white photos, etched mirrors) fights the good fight bang in the heart of the city.
(9) • 16 Parliament St, porterhousebrewco.com , Oyster Stout €4.50 Oskars, Waterford The outside of this bar may not dazzle you but it's a friendly place to drink – with modish striped banquettes, a curved (and rare) outdoor seating area and a den with games and beanbags for the kids.
(10) There is original tile work around the bar, an open fire, copper-topped tables and a bottle-green banquette that sweeps around the room.
(11) Of course they are’ Read more He was sat on a pale tangerine banquette near baggage reclaim 5 when I arrived in Phoenix shortly after four in the afternoon of 23rd January.
(12) Upstairs it’s Cheers meets queers, an East End boozer where everyone knows your name and your Grindr profile, and downstairs there’s banquette seating, arty performance and even some plays.
(13) The leather banquettes are lined with straight and lesbian couples, mainly in their late 30s and 40s, chatting sotto voce in Spanish, German and Italian.
Banquetter
Definition:
(n.) One who banquets; one who feasts or makes feasts.
Example Sentences:
(1) They did, however, let the dog diner sit on the banquette to eat his lunch – quite possibly a first – and swiftly perked up when the owner came out to greet him.
(2) Owner Marco Monzauge points out the horseshoe-shaped leather banquette underneath a flat-screen television where Hollande sits on Saturday mornings when he is in his constituency.
(3) I’m in the otherwise empty upstairs room of a chic Paris restaurant, its walls, carpet and banquettes all (perhaps by chance) a Prince-appropriate purple.
(4) It dates from the 1800s, and its interior is presumably more authentic than most, but the green leather banquettes, dark wood fixtures and traditional glass partitions make it look like any number of replica high-street pubs – complete with television above the bar to show the football and a standard lineup of big brewery beers on tap.
(5) "Thank heavens for small mercies," muttered Johnson, and stuffed the offending book under the banquette.
(6) Perching himself on a banquette, he looks impeccable.
(7) "He is simply the most creative guy," gasps La Toya Jackson, gripping a banquette to steady herself as Hollywood Me ( Wednesday, 8pm, C4 ) swoons over a dazzling montage of Martyn Lawrence Bullard disco-pouffes, Martyn Lawrence Bullard souk-inspired walnut coffee tables and Martyn Lawrence Bullard Executive Soy Candles™ ($45; brown; influenced apparently by "Moroccan wind").
(8) 7-9 New Wakefield Street, 0161 236 0944, thefontbar.wordpress.com City Arms Most of Manchester's best pubs fringe the city centre, but this traditional two-roomed boozer (polished leather banquettes, black-and-white photos, etched mirrors) fights the good fight bang in the heart of the city.
(9) • 16 Parliament St, porterhousebrewco.com , Oyster Stout €4.50 Oskars, Waterford The outside of this bar may not dazzle you but it's a friendly place to drink – with modish striped banquettes, a curved (and rare) outdoor seating area and a den with games and beanbags for the kids.
(10) There is original tile work around the bar, an open fire, copper-topped tables and a bottle-green banquette that sweeps around the room.
(11) Of course they are’ Read more He was sat on a pale tangerine banquette near baggage reclaim 5 when I arrived in Phoenix shortly after four in the afternoon of 23rd January.
(12) Upstairs it’s Cheers meets queers, an East End boozer where everyone knows your name and your Grindr profile, and downstairs there’s banquette seating, arty performance and even some plays.
(13) The leather banquettes are lined with straight and lesbian couples, mainly in their late 30s and 40s, chatting sotto voce in Spanish, German and Italian.