sommelier
To act as a sommelierTo act as a sommelier.
» Adriano enjoys discussing wine with his sommelier.
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1 senses(rare)To act as a sommelier.
Examples
5 sentencesAdriano enjoys discussing wine with his sommelier.
The sommelier approves of customers who choose red wine with fish.
Tom is a sommelier.
Benedito's restaurant has a sommelier.
The sommelier recommended a wine to Adriano.
Origin
Borrowed from French sommelier (“originally, a person in charge of the beasts of burden caBorrowed 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”).
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Forms
sommeliers, sommeliering, sommeliered, sommeliered| Base form | sommelier · to sommelier |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | sommeliers |
| Present participle | sommeliering |
| Past simple | sommeliered |
| Past participle | sommeliered |
regular · Lesson
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.