Headwaiter

Synonyms for "headwaiter" (11 found)

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Noun(2 words)
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Translations

26 translations across 18 languages.

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Bulgarian

1 entries
  • метрдотел noun (main supervisory waiter)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 服務生領班 /服务生领班 noun (main supervisory waiter)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • ĉefkelnero noun (main supervisory waiter)

Estonian

1 entries
  • ülemkelner noun (main supervisory waiter)

Finnish

1 entries
  • hovimestari noun (main supervisory waiter)

French

1 entries
  • maître d’hôtel noun (main supervisory waiter)

German

2 entries
  • Oberkellner noun (main supervisory waiter)
  • Oberkellnerin noun (main supervisory waiter)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • főpincér noun (main supervisory waiter)

Italian

1 entries
  • capocameriere noun (main supervisory waiter)

Japanese

2 entries
  • ボーイ長 noun (main supervisory waiter)
  • 給仕長 noun (main supervisory waiter)

Polish

1 entries
  • główny kelner noun (main supervisory waiter)

Romanian

3 entries
  • chelner-șef noun (main supervisory waiter)
  • oberchelner noun (main supervisory waiter)
  • ospătar-șef noun (main supervisory waiter)

Russian

2 entries
  • метрдоте́ль noun (main supervisory waiter)
  • метрдоте́ль noun (main supervisory waiter)

Spanish

1 entries
  • jefe de comedor noun (main supervisory waiter)

Swedish

1 entries
  • hovmästare noun (main supervisory waiter)

Turkish

1 entries
  • başgarson noun (main supervisory waiter)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • người đầu bếp noun (main supervisory waiter)
  • đầu bếp noun (main supervisory waiter)

Volapük

3 entries
  • hilebötan noun (main supervisory waiter)
  • jilebötan noun (main supervisory waiter)
  • lebötan noun (main supervisory waiter)

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English used to have two forms for "you," one intimate and one "polite." No more. But where status matters, and a deferential address is called for, the third person is pressed into service; and the headwaiter asks, "Does the gentleman want a table?"

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