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Pronunciation / Transliteration: catering
"Contratamos un servicio de catering para la boda."
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The business or activity of providing food and drink at social events or other gatherings.
"They hired a professional company for the wedding catering."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the verb 'cater', which comes from Middle English 'acater', meaning a buyer of provisions, shortening of Old North French 'achatour' (purchaser), from 'achater' (to buy).
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10 Global Lexicons: How "catering" is said worldwide
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traiteur
Transliteration: traiteur
"Nous avons engagé un service de traiteur pour la fête."
Catering
Transliteration: Catering
"Das Catering für die Veranstaltung war ausgezeichnet."
catering
Transliteration: catering
"Hanno organizzato il catering per la conferenza."
catering
Transliteration: catering
"Contratamos un servicio de catering para la boda."
buffet
Transliteration: buffet
"O serviço de catering da festa foi muito elogiado."
खान-पान की व्यवस्था
Transliteration: khaan-paan ki vyavastha
"शादी के लिए खान-पान की व्यवस्था बहुत अच्छी थी।"
餐饮服务
Transliteration: cānyǐn fúwù
"这家公司提供优质的餐饮服务。"
케이터링
Transliteration: ke-iteo-ring
"행사를 위해 전문 케이터링 업체를 불렀습니다."
ケータリング
Transliteration: kētaringu
"パーティのためにケータリングを手配しました。"
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