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A waiter who has a supervisory position over the other wait staff; chief waiter.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: maître d', maître d'hôtel
Antonyms: none provided
a dining-room attendant who is in charge of the waiters and the seating of customers
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: captain, maitre d'hotel, maitre d'
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: dining-room attendant, restaurant attendant
Across languages
Translations
40 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Belarusian:
метрдатэ́ль
(mjetrdatélʹ)
— main supervisory waiter
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Belarusian:
мэтрдатэ́ль
(metrdatélʹ)
— main supervisory waiter
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Bulgarian:
метрдоте́л
(metrdotél)
— main supervisory waiter
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Chinese Mandarin:
服務生領班 /服务生领班
(fúwùshēng lǐngbān)
— main supervisory waiter
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Danish:
overtjener
— main supervisory waiter
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Dutch:
hoofdkelner
— main supervisory waiter
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Esperanto:
ĉefkelnero
— main supervisory waiter
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Estonian:
ülemkelner
— main supervisory waiter
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Finnish:
hovimestari
— main supervisory waiter
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French:
maître d’hôtel
— main supervisory waiter
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German:
Oberkellner
— main supervisory waiter
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German:
Oberkellnerin
— main supervisory waiter
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German:
Ober
— main supervisory waiter
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Greek:
μετρ ντ’ οτέλ
(metr nt’ otél)
— main supervisory waiter
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Hungarian:
főpincér
— main supervisory waiter
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Italian:
capocameriere
— main supervisory waiter
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Japanese:
ボーイ長
(bōi-chō)
— main supervisory waiter
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Japanese:
給仕長
(kyūjichō)
— main supervisory waiter
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Japanese:
メートル・ドテル
(mētoru-doteru)
— main supervisory waiter
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Japanese:
ヘッド・ウェイター
(heddo-weitā)
— main supervisory waiter
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Japanese:
メートル・ディ
(mētoru-di)
— main supervisory waiter
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Korean:
급사장
(geupsajang)
— main supervisory waiter
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Norwegian Bokmål:
hovmester
— main supervisory waiter
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Polish:
główny kelner
— main supervisory waiter
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Romanian:
ospătar-șef
— main supervisory waiter
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Romanian:
chelner-șef
— main supervisory waiter
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Romanian:
oberchelner
— main supervisory waiter
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Russian:
метрдоте́ль
(mɛtrdotɛ́lʹ)
— main supervisory waiter
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Russian:
метрдоте́ль
(metrdotɛ́lʹ)
— main supervisory waiter
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Spanish:
jefe de comedor
— main supervisory waiter
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Swedish:
hovmästare
— main supervisory waiter
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Turkish:
başgarson
— main supervisory waiter
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Turkish:
metrdotel
— main supervisory waiter
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Turkish:
şef garson
— main supervisory waiter
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Ukrainian:
метрдоте́ль
(metrdotélʹ)
— main supervisory waiter
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Vietnamese:
người đầu bếp
— main supervisory waiter
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Vietnamese:
đầu bếp
— main supervisory waiter
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Volapük:
lebötan
— main supervisory waiter
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Volapük:
hilebötan
— main supervisory waiter
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Volapük:
jilebötan
— main supervisory waiter