"maître d'hôtel" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: maîtres d'hôtel [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from French maître d’hôtel. Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|fr|maître d'hôtel}} Borrowed from French maître d’hôtel Head templates: {{en-noun|maîtres d'hôtel|head=maître d'hôtel}} maître d'hôtel (plural maîtres d'hôtel)
  1. Synonym of maître d' (“headwaiter”). Synonyms: maître d' [synonym, synonym-of], maitre d'hotel, maître d'hotel Derived forms: maître d' [clipping]
    Sense id: en-maître_d'hôtel-en-noun-VSdCq9Dy Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries

Noun [French]

IPA: /mɛ.tʁə d‿o.tɛl/, /me.tʁə d‿o.tɛl/ Forms: maître d’ hôtel [canonical, masculine], maîtres d’hôtel [plural]
Etymology: From maître + de + hôtel. Etymology templates: {{af|fr|maître|de|hôtel}} maître + de + hôtel Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} maître d’hôtel m (plural maîtres d’hôtel)
  1. the person in charge of the team of waiters in a restaurant or hotel Categories (topical): Occupations
    Sense id: en-maître_d'hôtel-fr-noun-~Yz0F7je Disambiguation of Occupations: 45 55
  2. a headwaiter; major-domo Categories (topical): Hotels, Occupations
    Sense id: en-maître_d'hôtel-fr-noun-S6SNtV6c Disambiguation of Hotels: 29 71 Disambiguation of Occupations: 45 55 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 36 64 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 31 69 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 31 69
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: barman, serveur

Noun [Indonesian]

Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French maître d’hôtel (“headwaiter; major-domo”). Etymology templates: {{ubor|id|fr|maître d'hôtel|t=headwaiter; major-domo}} Unadapted borrowing from French maître d’hôtel (“headwaiter; major-domo”) Head templates: {{head|id|noun}} maître d'hôtel
  1. headwaiter; major-domo Synonyms: kepala pelayan
    Sense id: en-maître_d'hôtel-id-noun-aefA6GnU Categories (other): Indonesian entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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