catering en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- [ˈkeɪ.ɾɚ.ɪŋ] (General-American)
- /ˈkeɪ.tɚ.ɪŋ/ (General-American)
- /ˈkeɪt(ə)ɹɪŋ/
- (New-Jersey) audio
- /ˈkeɪ.tə.ɹɪŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
Meanings
- (Philippines, UK, uncountable) The business of providing food and related services; foodservice.
- (US, uncountable) The business of providing such services for special occasions.
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(countable) The act of one who caters (to something).
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:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| caterings | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
self-catering · catering trolley
Translations (39)
fa کیترینگ (the business of providing food and related services) · he הַסְעַדָה (the business of providing food and related services) · id katering (the business of providing food and related services) · nl catering (the business of providing food and related services) · ko 케이터링 (the business of providing food and related services) · fi catering (the business of providing food and related services) · es catering (the business of providing food and related services) · pl katering (the business of providing food and related services) · de Catering (the business of providing food and related services) · fr traiteur (the business of providing food and related services) · be ке́йтэрынг (the business of providing food and related services) · ms penyajian (the business of providing food and related services) · cs catering (the business of providing food and related services) · ja ケータリング (the business of providing food and related services) · ar تَمْوِين (the business of providing food and related services) · ru ке́йтеринг (the business of providing food and related services) · hu catering (the business of providing food and related services) · bg ке́търинг (the business of providing food and related services) · ms katering (the business of providing food and related services) · uk ке́йтеринг (the business of providing food and related services) · fi pitopalvelu (the business of providing food and related services) · cst wattimak 'ammamak (the business of providing food and related services) · cmn 外燴 /外烩 (the business of providing food and related services) · pl catering (the business of providing food and related services) · de Nahrungsversorgung (the business of providing food and related services) · hu élelmezés (the business of providing food and related services) · fr restauration (the business of providing food and related services) · ca càtering (the business of providing food and related services) · es servicio banquetero (the business of providing food and related services) · fi ruokahuolto (the business of providing food and related services) · fi ateriapalvelu (the business of providing food and related services) · ga lónadóireacht (the business of providing food and related services) · id jasa boga (the business of providing food and related services) · de Verpflegung (the business of providing food and related services) · pt catering (the business of providing food and related services) · it ristorazione (the business of providing food and related services) · es banquetería (the business of providing food and related services) · cs ketering (the business of providing food and related services) · mk ке́теринг (the business of providing food and related services)