"sommelier" meaning in French

See sommelier in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /sɔ.mə.lje/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Benoît Prieur-sommelier.wav [France] (note: Saint-Maurice-de-Beynost), LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-sommelier.wav [France, Toulouse], LL-Q150 (fra)-Poslovitch-sommelier.wav [France, Vosges], LL-Q150 (fra)-Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick-sommelier.wav [France] (note: Somain) Forms: sommeliers [plural], sommelière [feminine]
Etymology: From somme + -ier; ultimately from bête de somme; somme is from Vulgar Latin *salma, from Latin sagma (“packsaddle”). Etymology templates: {{af|fr|somme|-ier}} somme + -ier, {{inh|fr|la-vul|*salma}} Vulgar Latin *salma, {{inh|fr|la|sagma||packsaddle}} Latin sagma (“packsaddle”) Head templates: {{fr-noun|m|f=+}} sommelier m (plural sommeliers, feminine sommelière)
  1. sommelier, wine steward (a person who is in charge of the wine cellar in a restaurant) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-sommelier-fr-noun-ffWB~N2O Categories (other): Pages with 7 entries, Pages with entries, French entries with incorrect language header, French terms suffixed with -ier Disambiguation of Pages with 7 entries: 26 4 39 3 29 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 26 2 41 1 30 Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 55 6 39 Disambiguation of French terms suffixed with -ier: 42 25 32
  2. (estate house) the person in charge of bread, linens, crockery, and liquor; the chief of table setting Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-sommelier-fr-noun-RqOREBIy
  3. (obsolete) the person in charge of the wine convoy, its beasts of burden, and its protection Tags: masculine, obsolete
    Sense id: en-sommelier-fr-noun-AuGVbAwT

Inflected forms

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      "lang_code": "en",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "sommelier"
    },
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      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "lang_code": "he",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "somalyé",
      "word": "סומלייה / סוֹמֶלְיֶה"
    },
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      ],
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    },
    {
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      "word": "sommelier"
    },
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      "lang_code": "ru",
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        "borrowed"
      ],
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      "word": "сомелье́"
    },
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      "lang_code": "es",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "sumiller"
    },
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      "lang_code": "sv",
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        "borrowed"
      ],
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    }
  ],
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      "somme",
      "somme#French"
    ],
    [
      "-ier",
      "-ier#French"
    ],
    [
      "bête de somme",
      "bête de somme#French"
    ],
    [
      "somme",
      "somme#French"
    ],
    [
      "*salma",
      "Reconstruction:Latin/salma"
    ],
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      "sagma",
      "sagma#Latin"
    ]
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      ]
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "fr",
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          "wine steward"
        ],
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          "wine cellar#English"
        ],
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          "restaurant#English"
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      ]
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      ],
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      ],
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      ]
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      ],
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        "(obsolete) the person in charge of the wine convoy, its beasts of burden, and its protection"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
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    },
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    "French entries with incorrect language header",
    "French lemmas",
    "French masculine nouns",
    "French nouns",
    "French terms derived from Latin",
    "French terms derived from Vulgar Latin",
    "French terms inherited from Latin",
    "French terms inherited from Vulgar Latin",
    "French terms suffixed with -ier",
    "French terms with IPA pronunciation",
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    "Pages with entries"
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    },
    {
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      "lang_code": "he",
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        "borrowed"
      ],
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    },
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        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "sommelier"
    },
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    },
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      "lang_code": "ru",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
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      "word": "сомелье́"
    },
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      "lang_code": "es",
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        "borrowed"
      ],
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    },
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      "lang_code": "sv",
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        "borrowed"
      ],
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    }
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      "bête de somme#French"
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    [
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      "somme#French"
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      "Reconstruction:Latin/salma"
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        "plural"
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    },
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      "form": "sommelière",
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      ],
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