different between bartender vs waiter

English

Alternative forms

• bar-tender

Etymology

From bar +? tender.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?b???t?nd?(?)/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?b???t?nd?/
• Hyphenation: bar?tend?er

Noun

bartender (plural bartenders, feminine bartendress)

1. One who tends a bar or pub; a person preparing and serving drinks at a bar.

Synonyms

• barkeep
• barkeeper
• mixologist

Hyponyms

• barmaid
• barman

Coordinate terms

• barback
• barista

Related terms

• tapster
• knight of the spigot
• taverner
• publican
• alewife
• victualler
• tapper

Descendants

• ? Danish: bartender
• ? Norwegian Bokmål: bartender
• ? Norwegian Nynorsk: bartender
• ? Spanish: bartender
• ? Swedish: bartender

Translations

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From American English bartender.

Noun

bartender m (definite singular bartenderen, indefinite plural bartendere, definite plural bartenderne)

1. a bartender, barman, barmaid (female)

   Den hyggelige kvinnelige bartenderen smiler til oss og ønsker oss velkommen. - The pleasant barmaid smiles at us and bids us welcome.

Related terms

• bar

References

• “bartender” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From American English bartender.

Noun

bartender m (definite singular bartenderen, indefinite plural bartenderar, definite plural bartenderane)

1. a bartender, barman, barmaid (female)

Usage notes

Also spelt bartendar, perhaps unofficially.

Related terms

• bar

References

• “bartender” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Spanish

Etymology

From English bartender.

Noun

bartender m or f (plural bartenders)

1. bartender

   Synonym: barman

English

Etymology

Late 14th century, "attendant, watchman," agent noun from the verb wait +? -er. Sense of "servant who waits at tables" is from late 15th century, originally in reference to household servants; in reference to inns, eating houses, etc., it is attested from 1660s. Feminine form waitress first recorded 1834.

The London Stock Exchange sense harks back to the early days of trading in coffee-shops.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?we?t?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?we?t?/
• Rhymes: -e?t?(?)
• Hyphenation: wait?er

Noun

waiter (plural waiters, feminine waitress)

1. A male or female attendant who serves customers at their tables in a restaurant, café or similar.

2. Someone who waits for somebody or something; a person who is waiting.
   • 2013, Siciliani Luigi, Borowitz Michael, Moran Valerie, OECD Health Policy Studies: Waiting Time Policies in the Health Sector

     However, the NTPF also contained implicit negative incentives for the public sector by offering alternative private sector treatment for the longest waiters at no extra cost to patients or no penalty to public providers.

3. A person working as an attendant at the London Stock Exchange.
4. (obsolete) A vessel or tray on which something is carried, as dishes, etc.; a salver. (See etymology of dumbwaiter.)
5. (obsolete) A custom house officer; a tide waiter.
6. (obsolete) A watchman.

Derived terms

• coast waiter
• dumbwaiter
• landwaiter
• tide waiter

Related terms

• wait
• waitress

Descendants

• ? Japanese: ????? (u?t?)

Translations

See also

• barista
• bartender
• maître d'
• server

References

Old French

Verb

waiter

1. (Old Northern French, Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of gaitier

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ts, *-tt are modified to z, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (waiter)