maître d'hôtel

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English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French maître d’hôtel.

Noun

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maître d'hôtel (plural maîtres d'hôtel)

  1. Synonym of maître d' (headwaiter).
    • 1866, Alexandre Dumas, Memoires of a Maître D'armes; Or, Eighteen Months at St. Petersburg, page 106:
      After the first course, the maître d'hôtel came in, holding a silver dish, on which were two fish, which I did not recognise.
    • 1895 August, Louis de Conte, translated by [Jean François Alden] [pseudonyms; Samuel Langhorne Clemens (Mark Twain)], “Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc. []”, in Harper’s New Monthly Magazine, volume XCI, number DXLIII, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, [], →ISSN, [book I], part II, chapter X, page 464, column 2:
      She had previously appointed a maître d’hôtel and a number of domestics.
    • 1953 March 28, Joseph Wechsberg, “Profiles: The Ambassador in the Sanctuary”, in The New Yorker, volume XXIX, New York, N.Y.: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 40:
      [Henri] Soulé had decided to keep the Pavillon open, after a fashion, by closing down the salle and serving meals only in the bar and the nouvelle salle, with the help of the non-striking members of his staff—two maîtres d’hôtel, twenty-two chefs and cooks, the cashier, the hat-check girl, and a pantryman.
    • 2011, Barbara Ketcham Wheaton, Savoring the Past: The French Kitchen and Table from 1300 to 1789, page 102:
      The staff for both cuisine and office were hired and fired by the maître d'hôtel.

Derived terms

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French

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Etymology

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From maître +‎ de +‎ hôtel.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /mɛ.tʁə d‿o.tɛl/ ~ /me.tʁə d‿o.tɛl/

Noun

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maître d’hôtel m (plural maîtres d’hôtel)

  1. the person in charge of the team of waiters in a restaurant or hotel
  2. a headwaiter; major-domo

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Indonesian

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from French maître d’hôtel (headwaiter; major-domo).

Noun

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maître d'hôtel

  1. headwaiter; major-domo
    Synonym: kepala pelayan

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