English

A sommelier decanting wine in a restaurant

Noun

sommelier ‎(plural sommeliers)

1. The member of staff at a restaurant who keeps the wine cellar and advises guests on a choice of wines; a wine steward, a wine waiter.

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

Translations

French

Etymology

somme +‎ -ier ; ultimately from bête de somme

Noun

sommelier m ‎(plural sommeliers, feminine sommelière)

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

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• someliê (rare)

Noun

sommelier m f (plural sommeliers)

1. sommelier (wine steward)

Synonyms

• escanção

Spanish

Noun

sommelier m ‎(plural sommeliers)

1. sommelier

Swedish

Noun

sommelier c

1. a sommelier

Declension

Synonyms

• vinkypare

See also

• somalier