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Maître d'

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English term or phrase:	Maître d\'
Arabic translation:	القهرمان
Entered by:	Mohamed Kamel

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12:06 Nov 5, 2009

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English term or phrase: Maître d'

The maître d’ (short for maître d’hôtel, in the original French, literally "master of the hotel") in a suitably staffed restaurant or hotel is the person in charge of assigning customers to tables in the establishment and dividing the dining area into areas of responsibility for the various servers on duty. The maître d' may also be the person who receives and records reservations for dining, as well as dealing with any customer complaints. It is also his duty to make sure that all the servers are completing their tasks in an efficient manner. In small restaurants, the post is also known as the headwaiter or host. This term originated from medieval courts, where the holder was an important courtier, like Olivier de la Marche in 15th century Burgundy.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maître_d'

Mohamed Kamel KudoZ activity Questions: 204 (1 open) (11 closed without grading) Answers: 517 Egypt
Local time: 13:51

القهرمان أو رئيس الفندقيين

Explanation:
المعجم الوسيط: القهرمان (أو كبير الندل = جمع نادل و هو الجر سون وتجمع أيضا ندله
يراس مكتب الحجز او الضيافة بالمطاعم الراقية ، و من مسئولياته الاشراف على وتنسيق الحجوزات و اقعاد الزبائن في طاولاتهم المخصصة ، و الاشراف على المباشرين ..الخ . القهرمان يتمتع بوضع مهم ومحترم للغاية فهو من يشرف على الطلبات الخاصة و ترد اليه المشاكل او الملاحطات وخلافه.

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Ahmed Alami Masmoudi
Morocco
Local time: 11:51

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Summary of answers provided

رئيس النذل / مدير الخدم / مدير الخدمة والحجز

Jafar Filfil

4 +1

القهرمان أو رئيس الفندقيين

Ahmed Alami Masmoudi

القائم على خدمة الزبون الفندقية

Myrtrad1

مترو دو تيل

einass

4 -1

مدير الفندق

elsayed fayed

4 -1

مدير مطعم

Mohamed Sherekha

Discussion entries: 2

Answers

26 mins confidence:

maã®tre d' رئيس النذل / مدير الخدم / مدير الخدمة والحجز

Explanation:
Yes, it is a word with French origin and it means head waiter in English.

Jafar Filfil
Bulgaria
Local time: 13:51
Native speaker of:

Arabic
PRO pts in category: 8

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Asker: Thanks Jafar

34 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

maître d'

القهرمان أو رئيس الفندقيين

Ahmed Alami Masmoudi
Morocco
Local time: 11:51
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Arabic
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

Thanks Ahmed

42 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): -1

maître d\\\\\\\' مدير الفندق

Explanation:
. The manager or owner of a hotel.
مدير او مالك الفندق

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Note added at 42 mins (2009-11-05 12:48:34 GMT)
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http://www.thefreedictionary.com/maitre d'hotel

elsayed fayed
Egypt
Local time: 13:51
Works in field
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Arabic