catering
See also: Catering
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkeɪt(ə)ɹɪŋ/
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.
- 1864, J. D. White, John Hugh McQuillen, George Jacob Ziegler, The Dental Cosmos
Derived terms
Translations
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkei̯teriŋː/, [ˈke̞i̯t̪e̞riŋː]
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 | |
| instructive | — | cateringein | |
| abessive | cateringitta | cateringeitta | |
| comitative | — | cateringeineen | |
| Possessive forms of catering (type risti) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | cateringini | cateringimme |
| 2nd person | cateringisi | cateringinne |
| 3rd person | cateringinsa | |
Polish
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaˈtɛ.riŋk/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɛriŋk
- Syllabification: ca‧te‧ring
Declension
Romanian
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
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkeiteɾin/ [ˈkei̯.t̪e.ɾĩn]
- Rhymes: -eiteɾin
Noun
catering m (uncountable)
- catering
References
Further reading
- “catering”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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