catering
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See also: Catering
English
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkeɪt(ə)ɹɪŋ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkeɪ.tə.ɹɪŋ/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkeɪ.tɚ.ɪŋ/,
Audio (New Jersey): (file)
Noun
catering (countable and uncountable, plural caterings)
- (uncountable, UK, Philippines) The business of providing food and related services; foodservice.
- (uncountable, US) The business of providing such services for special occasions.
- (countable) The act of one who caters (to something).
- 1864, J. D. White, John Hugh McQuillen, George Jacob Ziegler, The Dental Cosmos:
- Professional jealousies are always confined to the more ignorant; and education alone will enable us to rise above our catchpenny caterings to the prejudices and jealousies of the uninformed.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
catering
- present participle and gerund of cater
Anagrams
Basque
Etymology
Ultimately from English catering.
Pronunciation
Noun
catering inan
Declension
Declension of catering (inanimate, ending in consonant)
| indefinite | singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | catering | catering-a | catering-ak |
| ergative | catering-ek | catering-ak | catering-ek |
| dative | catering-i | catering-ari | catering-ei |
| genitive | catering-en | catering-aren | catering-en |
| comitative | catering-ekin | catering-arekin | catering-ekin |
| causative | catering-engatik | catering-arengatik | catering-engatik |
| benefactive | catering-entzat | catering-arentzat | catering-entzat |
| instrumental | catering-ez | catering-az | catering-ez |
| inessive | catering-etan | catering-ean | catering-etan |
| locative | catering-etako | catering-eko | catering-etako |
| allative | catering-etara | catering-era | catering-etara |
| terminative | catering-etaraino | catering-eraino | catering-etaraino |
| directive | catering-etarantz | catering-erantz | catering-etarantz |
| destinative | catering-etarako | catering-erako | catering-etarako |
| ablative | catering-etatik | catering-etik | catering-etatik |
| partitive | catering-ik | — | — |
| prolative | catering-tzat | — | — |
Further reading
- “catering”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
Finnish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
catering
- catering
- Synonym: ateriapalvelu
Declension
| Inflection of catering (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | catering | cateringit | |
| genitive | cateringin | cateringien | |
| partitive | cateringia | cateringeja | |
| illative | cateringiin | cateringeihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | catering | cateringit | |
| accusative | nom. | catering | cateringit |
| gen. | cateringin | ||
| genitive | cateringin | cateringien | |
| partitive | cateringia | cateringeja | |
| inessive | cateringissa | cateringeissa | |
| elative | cateringista | cateringeista | |
| illative | cateringiin | cateringeihin | |
| adessive | cateringilla | cateringeilla | |
| ablative | cateringilta | cateringeilta | |
| allative | cateringille | cateringeille | |
| essive | cateringina | cateringeina | |
| translative | cateringiksi | cateringeiksi | |
| abessive | cateringitta | cateringeitta | |
| instructive | — | cateringein | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Further reading
- “catering”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
Polish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English catering.
Pronunciation
Noun
catering m inan
Declension
Declension of catering
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | catering |
| genitive | cateringu |
| dative | cateringowi |
| accusative | catering |
| instrumental | cateringiem |
| locative | cateringu |
| vocative | cateringu |
Derived terms
adjective
Further reading
- catering in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- catering in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English catering.
Noun
catering n (uncountable)
Declension
declension of catering (singular only)
| singular | ||
|---|---|---|
| n gender | indefinite articulation | definite articulation |
| nominative/accusative | (un) catering | cateringul |
| genitive/dative | (unui) catering | cateringului |
| vocative | cateringule | |
Spanish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English catering.
Pronunciation
Noun
catering m (uncountable)
References
Further reading
- “catering”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014