waiter in Malay
pelayan
/ˈwæɪ̯təː/UK/ˈweɪ̯təː/
waiter in Malay: pelayan. In English, waiter means a male or female attendant who serves customers at their tables in a restaurant, café or similar.
Malay words for waiter
- a server in a restaurant or similar
- pelayan
English meaning of waiter
- noun A male or female attendant who serves customers at their tables in a restaurant, café or similar.
- noun Someone who waits for somebody or something; a person who is waiting.
- noun A person working as an attendant at the London Stock Exchange.
- noun A vessel or tray on which something is carried, as dishes, etc.; a salver. (See etymology of dumbwaiter.).
waiter in a sentence
- Waiter! There's a fly in my soup.
waiter in other languages
Questions about waiter in Malay
- What is the meaning of waiter in Malay?
- Waiter in Malay is pelayan.
- Apakah maksud waiter dalam bahasa Melayu?
- Waiter: pelayan.
- What does waiter mean in English?
- Waiter means a male or female attendant who serves customers at their tables in a restaurant, café or similar.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: waiter (page history and authors), its translation table and English meanings. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Malay words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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