English Explanatory Dictionary

sommelier

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The member of staff at a restaurant who keeps the wine cellar and advises the guests on a choice of wines; a wine steward / stewardess, a wine waiter / waitress / server.
verb
  1. To act as a sommelier.

Pronunciation

/ˌsɒmˈmɛli.ə/ /ˌsɔːməlˈjeɪ/ /ˌsɔməlˈjeɪ/ /soʊˈmɑːliˌeɪ/ en-au-sommelier.ogg

Word forms

sommelier sommeliers sommeliering sommeliered

Etymology

Borrowed from French sommelier (“originally, a person in charge of the beasts of burden carrying wine”), from somme (“pack”) + -ier (suffix forming the names of jobs). somme is from Vulgar Latin *sauma, from Latin sagma (“packsaddle”).

Synonyms

somm wine server wine steward wine stewardess wine waiter wine waitress
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