catering

See also: Catering

English

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkeɪt(ə)ɹɪŋ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkeɪ.tə.ɹɪŋ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkeɪ.tɚ.ɪŋ/, [ˈkeɪ.ɾɚ.ɪŋ]

  • Audio (New Jersey):

    (file)

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

• catering trolley
• self-catering

Translations

the business of providing food and related services — see also banquet

• Arabic: تَمْوِين m (tamwīn)
• Belarusian: ке́йтэрынг m (kjéjterynh)
• Bulgarian: ке́търинг (bg) m (kétăring)
• Catalan: càtering m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 外燴 / 外烩 (wàihuì)

• Czech: catering (cs) m, ketering (cs) m
• Dutch: catering (nl) m
• Finnish: ateriapalvelu, pitopalvelu (fi), catering (fi), ruokahuolto
• French: restauration (fr) f, traiteur (fr) m
• German: Verpflegung (de) f, Nahrungsversorgung f, Catering (de) n
• Hebrew: הַסְעַדָה f
• Hungarian: élelmezés (hu), catering (hu)
• Indonesian: jasa boga (id), katering (id)
• Irish: lónadóireacht f
• Italian: ristorazione (it) f
• Japanese: ケータリング (kētaringu)
• Korean: 케이터링 (keiteoring)
• Macedonian: ке́теринг m (kétering)
• Malay: katering, penyajian
• Ohlone:

  Northern Ohlone: wattimak 'ammamak

• Persian: کیترینگ (keytering)
• Polish: catering (pl) m, katering (pl) m
• Portuguese: catering m
• Russian: ке́йтеринг (ru) m (kéjtɛring)
• Spanish: servicio banquetero m, catering m, banquetería f
• Ukrainian: ке́йтеринг (uk) m (kéjterynh)

Verb

catering

1. present participle and gerund of cater

Anagrams

• argentic, citrange, creating, creäting, reacting, reäcting

Basque

Etymology

Ultimately from English catering.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kateɾin/ [ka.t̪e.ɾĩn]
• Rhymes: -eɾin, -in
• Hyphenation: ca‧te‧ring

Noun

catering inan

1. catering, foodservice

Declension

Declension of catering (inan C-stem¹)

	indefinite	singular	plural	proximal plural
absolutive	catering	cateringa	cateringak	cateringok
ergative	cateringek	cateringak	cateringek	cateringok
dative	cateringi	cateringari	cateringei	cateringoi
genitive	cateringen	cateringaren	cateringen	cateringon
comitative	cateringekin	cateringarekin	cateringekin	cateringokin
causative	cateringengatik	cateringarengatik	cateringengatik	cateringongatik
benefactive	cateringentzat	cateringarentzat	cateringentzat	cateringontzat
instrumental	cateringez	cateringaz	cateringez	cateringotaz
inessive	cateringetan	cateringean	cateringetan	cateringotan
locative	cateringetako	cateringeko	cateringetako	cateringotako
allative	cateringetara	cateringera	cateringetara	cateringotara
terminative	cateringetaraino	cateringeraino	cateringetaraino	cateringotaraino
directive	cateringetarantz	cateringerantz	cateringetarantz	cateringotarantz
destinative	cateringetarako	cateringerako	cateringetarako	cateringotarako
ablative	cateringetatik	cateringetik	cateringetatik	cateringotatik
partitive	cateringik	—	—	—
prolative	cateringtzat	—	—	—

1. Optionally, case suffixes can be separated from the root with a hyphen.

Further reading

• “catering”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]

Finnish

Etymology

From English catering.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkei̯teriŋ/, [ˈk̟e̞i̯t̪e̞riŋ]
• Rhymes: -eiteriŋ

Noun

catering

1. catering

   Synonym: ateriapalvelu

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
abessive		cateringitta	cateringeitta
instructive		—	cateringein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of catering (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative cateringini cateringini accusative nom. cateringini cateringini gen. cateringini genitive cateringini cateringieni partitive cateringiani cateringejani inessive cateringissani cateringeissani elative cateringistani cateringeistani illative cateringiini cateringeihini adessive cateringillani cateringeillani ablative cateringiltani cateringeiltani allative cateringilleni cateringeilleni essive cateringinani cateringeinani translative cateringikseni cateringeikseni abessive cateringittani cateringeittani instructive — — comitative — cateringeineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative cateringisi cateringisi accusative nom. cateringisi cateringisi gen. cateringisi genitive cateringisi cateringiesi partitive cateringiasi cateringejasi inessive cateringissasi cateringeissasi elative cateringistasi cateringeistasi illative cateringiisi cateringeihisi adessive cateringillasi cateringeillasi ablative cateringiltasi cateringeiltasi allative cateringillesi cateringeillesi essive cateringinasi cateringeinasi translative cateringiksesi cateringeiksesi abessive cateringittasi cateringeittasi instructive — — comitative — cateringeinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative cateringimme cateringimme accusative nom. cateringimme cateringimme gen. cateringimme genitive cateringimme cateringiemme partitive cateringiamme cateringejamme inessive cateringissamme cateringeissamme elative cateringistamme cateringeistamme illative cateringiimme cateringeihimme adessive cateringillamme cateringeillamme ablative cateringiltamme cateringeiltamme allative cateringillemme cateringeillemme essive cateringinamme cateringeinamme translative cateringiksemme cateringeiksemme abessive cateringittamme cateringeittamme instructive — — comitative — cateringeinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative cateringinne cateringinne accusative nom. cateringinne cateringinne gen. cateringinne genitive cateringinne cateringienne partitive cateringianne cateringejanne inessive cateringissanne cateringeissanne elative cateringistanne cateringeistanne illative cateringiinne cateringeihinne adessive cateringillanne cateringeillanne ablative cateringiltanne cateringeiltanne allative cateringillenne cateringeillenne essive cateringinanne cateringeinanne translative cateringiksenne cateringeiksenne abessive cateringittanne cateringeittanne instructive — — comitative — cateringeinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative cateringinsa cateringinsa accusative nom. cateringinsa cateringinsa gen. cateringinsa genitive cateringinsa cateringiensa partitive cateringiaan cateringiansa cateringejaan cateringejansa inessive cateringissaan cateringissansa cateringeissaan cateringeissansa elative cateringistaan cateringistansa cateringeistaan cateringeistansa illative cateringiinsa cateringeihinsa adessive cateringillaan cateringillansa cateringeillaan cateringeillansa ablative cateringiltaan cateringiltansa cateringeiltaan cateringeiltansa allative cateringilleen cateringillensa cateringeilleen cateringeillensa essive cateringinaan cateringinansa cateringeinaan cateringeinansa translative cateringikseen cateringiksensa cateringeikseen cateringeiksensa abessive cateringittaan cateringittansa cateringeittaan cateringeittansa instructive — — comitative — cateringeineen cateringeinensa

Further reading

• “catering”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English catering.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈka.te.rinɡ/

Noun

catering m (invariable)

1. catering, specifically when renting a front-of-house crew from a third party

Polish

Alternative forms

• katering

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English catering.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈtɛ.riŋk/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛriŋk
• Syllabification: ca‧te‧ring

Noun

catering m inan

1. catering

Declension

Declension of catering

	singular
nominative	catering
genitive	cateringu
dative	cateringowi
accusative	catering
instrumental	cateringiem
locative	cateringu
vocative	cateringu

Derived terms

adjective

• cateringowy

Further reading

• “catering”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[2] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “catering”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[3] (in Polish)

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English catering.

Noun

catering n (uncountable)

1. catering

Declension

singular only	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	catering	cateringul
genitive-dative	catering	cateringului
vocative	cateringule

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English catering.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

catering m (plural catering or caterings)

1. catering

   Alternative forms: cáterin, cátering

   Synonym: banquetería

Related terms

• banquete

Further reading

• “catering”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
• “catering”, in Diccionario panhispánico de dudas [Pan-Hispanic Dictionary of Doubts] (in Spanish), 2nd edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española]; Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2023, →ISBN