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sommelière

US/ˌsɔməlˈjɛɹ/

sommelière is the female equivalent of sommelier.

Meaning of sommelier

Noun

sommelier (plural sommeliers)

  1. The member of staff at a restaurant who keeps the wine cellar and advises the guests on a choice of wines; a wine steward / stewardess, a wine waiter / waitress / server.
    • The sommelier recommended the perfect wine, opened the bottle with panache, and served it into glasses.

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Forms of sommelière

pluralsommelières
alternative formsommeliere

Origin of sommelière

From French sommelière.

Questions about sommelière

What is sommelière the female equivalent of?
Sommelière is the female equivalent of sommelier.
How do you pronounce sommelière?
Sommelière is pronounced /ˌsɔməlˈjɛɹ/ (US).

Words near sommelière in the dictionary

  1. sommeliere
  2. sommeliered
  3. sommelieres
  4. sommeliering
  5. sommeliers
  6. sommelière
  7. sommelières
  8. sommer
  9. Sommerfeld
  10. Sommerfeld factor
  11. Sommerfeld factors

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sommelière (page history and authors); sommelier (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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