Net Force から今日取り上げる表現も外来語です。
Rachel got to lunch at Obelisco a little early. She greeted the maitre d' with a twenty-dollar handshake, and a desire for a table off to the side, in a quiet spot, as well as a couple of other requests.
"maitre d'" を調べます。
・Cambridge English Dictionary: the person in charge of a restaurant or of the people who bring food to your table in a restaurant
・Vocabulary.com: a dining-room attendant who is in charge of the waiters and the seating of customers
Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionaryによると、maître d'hôtel, headwaiter, First Known Use of MAÎTRE D' 1950 となっているので英語として使われるようになったのはそんなにも古くからではないようです。
Rachel got to lunch at Obelisco a little early. She greeted the maitre d' with a twenty-dollar handshake, and a desire for a table off to the side, in a quiet spot, as well as a couple of other requests.
"maitre d'" を調べます。
・Cambridge English Dictionary: the person in charge of a restaurant or of the people who bring food to your table in a restaurant
・Vocabulary.com: a dining-room attendant who is in charge of the waiters and the seating of customers
Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionaryによると、maître d'hôtel, headwaiter, First Known Use of MAÎTRE D' 1950 となっているので英語として使われるようになったのはそんなにも古くからではないようです。
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