sommelier
French, noun/sɔ.mə.lje/
sommelier is spelled S-O-M-M-E-L-I-E-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 39,210th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sommelier is a French masculine noun meaning “sommelier, wine steward (a person who is in charge of the wine cellar in a restaurant)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Celui qui dans une communauté, dans une maison, a la charge du linge, de la vaisselle, du pain, du vin et des…”.
What does sommelier mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesommelier, wine steward (a person who is in charge of the wine cellar in a restaurant)
- 2
masculinethe person in charge of bread, linens, crockery, and liquor; the chief of table setting
- 3
masculineobsoletethe person in charge of the wine convoy, its beasts of burden, and its protection
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Celui qui dans une communauté, dans une maison, a la charge du linge, de la vaisselle, du pain, du vin et des liqueurs. 2. Celui qui, dans un restaurant, a la charge de la cave. 3. Maître artisan qui fabrique des sommiers.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of sommelier
- sommeliers plural
- sommelière feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sommelier?
- /sɔ.mə.lje/
- \sɔ.mə.lje\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sommelier
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sommelier in French?
sommelier appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).