catering

See also: Catering

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkeɪt(ə)ɹɪŋ/

Noun

catering (countable and uncountable, plural caterings)

  1. (uncountable, UK, Philippines) The business of providing food and related services; foodservice.
  2. (uncountable, US) The business of providing such services for special occasions.
  3. (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

  1. present participle of cater

Anagrams


Finnish

Etymology

From English catering.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkei̯teriŋː/, [ˈke̞i̯t̪e̞riŋː]

Noun

catering

  1. catering

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

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English catering.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaˈtɛ.riŋk/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛriŋk
  • Syllabification: ca‧te‧ring

Noun

catering m inan

  1. catering

Declension

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)

  1. catering

Declension


Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English catering.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkeiteɾin/ [ˈkei̯.t̪e.ɾĩn]
  • Rhymes: -eiteɾin

Noun

catering m (uncountable)

  1. catering

References

Further reading

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