catering
See also: Catering
English edit
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ˈkeɪt(ə)ɹɪŋ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkeɪ.tə.ɹɪŋ/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkeɪ.tɚ.ɪŋ/, [ˈkeɪ.ɾɚ.ɪŋ]
Audio (New Jersey): (file)
Noun edit
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 edit
Translations edit
Verb edit
catering
- present participle and gerund of cater
Anagrams edit
Basque edit
Etymology edit
Ultimately from English catering.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
catering inan
Declension edit
Declension of catering (inanimate, ending in consonant)
indefinite | singular | plural | |
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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 edit
- “catering”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
catering
- catering
- Synonym: ateriapalvelu
Declension edit
Inflection of catering (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | ||||
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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 edit
- “catering”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (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 edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English catering.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
catering m inan
Declension edit
Declension of catering
singular | |
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nominative | catering |
genitive | cateringu |
dative | cateringowi |
accusative | catering |
instrumental | cateringiem |
locative | cateringu |
vocative | cateringu |
Derived terms edit
adjective
Further reading edit
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English catering.
Noun edit
catering n (uncountable)
Declension edit
declension of catering (singular only)
singular | ||
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n gender | indefinite articulation | definite articulation |
nominative/accusative | (un) catering | cateringul |
genitive/dative | (unui) catering | cateringului |
vocative | cateringule |
Spanish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English catering.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
catering m (uncountable)
References edit
Further reading edit
- “catering”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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