sommelier

English

Etymology

From the French sommelier

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˌsɒmˈmɛliə/, /ˌsɔːməlˈjeɪ/
• (US) IPA: /ˌsɔːməlˈjeɪ/
• Rhymes: -eɪ

Noun

sommelier (plural sommeliers)

1. A wine steward. The person at an expensive restaurant who keeps the wine cellar and advises guests on a choice of wines.

   The sommelier recommended the perfect wine, opened the bottle with panache, and served it perfectly.

Translations

wine steward

Finnish: sommelieeri (fi) Greek: οινοχόος (el) (oinochóos) m. Portuguese: escansão (pt) m.

Spanish: sumiller (es) m. Swedish: sommelier (sv) c.

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French

Etymology

somme +‎ -ier ; ultimately from bête de somme

Noun

sommelier m. (plural sommeliers; feminine sommelière, plural sommelières)

1. sommelier, wine steward (a person who is in charge of the wine cellar in a restaurant)
2. (estate house) the person in charge of bread, linens, crockery, and liquor; the chief of table setting
3. (obsolete) the person in charge of the wine convoy, its beasts of burden, and its protection

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Swedish

Noun

sommelier c.

1. a sommelier

Declension

Declension of sommelier

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	sommelier	sommelieren	sommelierer	sommeliererna
genitive	sommeliers	sommelierens	sommelierers	sommelierernas

Synonyms

• vinkypare

See also

• somalier