different between sommelier vs bartender

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French sommelier (“originally, a person in charge of the beasts of burden carrying wine”), from somme (“pack”) +? -ier (suffix forming the names of jobs). somme is from Vulgar Latin *salma, from Latin sagma (“packsaddle”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?s?m?m?li.?/, /?s??m?l?je?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?s??m?l?je?/
• Rhymes: -e?
• Hyphenation: som?mel?i?er

Noun

sommelier (plural sommeliers)

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

Synonyms

• sommeliere, sommelière (“female sommelier”)
• wine server
• wine steward, wine stewardess
• wine waiter, wine waitress

Translations

Verb

sommelier (third-person singular simple present sommeliers, present participle sommeliering, simple past and past participle sommeliered)

1. (rare) To act as a sommelier.

Further reading

• sommelier on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Etymology

somme +? -ier; ultimately from bête de somme; somme is from Vulgar Latin *salma, from Latin sagma (“packsaddle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?.m?.lje/

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

Further reading

• “sommelier” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• someliê (rare)

Etymology

From French sommelier

Noun

sommelier m, f (plural sommeliers)

1. sommelier (wine steward)

   Synonym: escanção

Spanish

Etymology

From French sommelier.

Noun

sommelier m (plural sommelieres)

1. sommelier

Swedish

Noun

sommelier c

1. a sommelier

Declension

Synonyms

• vinkypare

See also

• somalier

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