sommelier
Spanish, noun/someˈlje/
sommelier is spelled S-O-M-M-E-L-I-E-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish, the 87,581st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sommelier is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “sommelier” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Encargado de la cava y de la selección y presentación de vinos en un restaurante”.
What does sommelier mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesommelier
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Encargado de la cava y de la selección y presentación de vinos en un restaurante.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of sommelier
- sommelieres plural
- sumiller alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sommelier?
- /someˈlje/
- [so.meˈlje]
- [someˈljeɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is sommelier in Spanish?
sommelier appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).