sommelier
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sommelier
- /ˌsɒmˈmɛli.ə/ UK
- /ˌsɔːməlˈjeɪ/ UK
- /ˌsɔməlˈjeɪ/ US
- /soʊˈmɑːliˌeɪ/ US
Rhymes with -eɪ
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French sommelier (“originally, a person in charge of the beasts of burden carrying wine”), from somme (“pack”) + -ier (suffix forming the names of jobs). somme is from Vulgar Latin *sauma, from Latin sagma (“packsaddle”).
noun sommeliers
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The member of staff at a restaurant who keeps the wine cellar and advises the guests on a choice of wines; a wine steward / stewardess, a wine waiter / waitress / server.
The sommelier recommended the perfect wine, opened the bottle with panache, and served it into glasses.
Similar: somm, wine server, wine steward, wine stewardess, wine waiter, wine waitress
verb sommeliers · sommeliering · sommeliered
- To act as a sommelier. The final nerve-wracking task involved “sommeliering” throughout a gourmet lunch for judges and wine writers – and answering the tricky questions which were inevitably thrown their way.
Translations
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noun wine steward / stewardess, wine waiter / waitress
| Español | sumiller, escanciador |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 소믈리에 someullie |
| 日本語 | ソムリエ somurie |
| 中文 | 侍酒師 /侍酒师 shìjiǔshī |
| Português | escanção, sommelier |
| Français | sommelier, sommelière |
| Deutsch | Weinkellner, Weinkellnerin, Sommelier, Sommelière |
| Italiano | sommelier |
| Ελληνικά | οινοχόος oinochóos |
| Română | somelier |
| Русский | сомелье́ somelʹjé |
| עברית | סומלייה, סוֹמֶלְיֶה somalyé, אוֹצֵר יַיִן |
Talk about this word "sommelier." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/sommelier. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. sommelier. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/sommelier "sommelier." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/sommelier.Cite this
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title = {sommelier},
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