Meanings
nouncatering (countable and uncountable, plural caterings)
plural caterings
- PhilippinesUKuncountableThe business of providing food and related services; foodservice.
- USuncountableThe business of providing such services for special occasions.
- countableThe act of one who caters (to something).
Professional jealousies are always confined to the more ignorant; and education alone will enable us to rise above our catchpenny caterings to the prejudices and jealousies of the uninformed.
1864, J. D. White, John Hugh McQuillen, George Jacob Ziegler, The Dental Cosmos
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of cater
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Arabic تَمْوِين
- تَمْوِين (tamwīn)the business of providing food and related services
Bulgarian ке́търинг
- ке́търинг (kétăring)the business of providing food and related services
Catalan càtering
- càteringthe business of providing food and related services
Chinese Mandarin 外燴 /外烩
- 外燴 /外烩 (wàihuì)the business of providing food and related services
Czech catering, ketering
- cateringthe business of providing food and related services
- keteringthe business of providing food and related services
Dutch catering
- cateringthe business of providing food and related services
Finnish ateriapalvelu, pitopalvelu
- ateriapalveluthe business of providing food and related services
- pitopalveluthe business of providing food and related services
- cateringthe business of providing food and related services
- ruokahuoltothe business of providing food and related services
French restauration, traiteur
- restaurationthe business of providing food and related services
- traiteurthe business of providing food and related services
German Verpflegung, Nahrungsversorgung
- Verpflegungthe business of providing food and related services
- Nahrungsversorgungthe business of providing food and related services
- Cateringthe business of providing food and related services
Hebrew הַסְעַדָה
- הַסְעַדָהthe business of providing food and related services
Hungarian élelmezés, catering
- élelmezésthe business of providing food and related services
- cateringthe business of providing food and related services
Indonesian jasa boga, katering
- jasa bogathe business of providing food and related services
- kateringthe business of providing food and related services
Irish lónadóireacht
- lónadóireachtthe business of providing food and related services
Italian ristorazione
- ristorazionethe business of providing food and related services
Japanese ケータリング
- ケータリング (kētaringu)the business of providing food and related services
Korean 케이터링
- 케이터링 (keiteoring)the business of providing food and related services
Malay katering, penyajian
- kateringthe business of providing food and related services
- penyajianthe business of providing food and related services
Persian کیترینگ
- کیترینگ (keytering)the business of providing food and related services
Polish catering, katering
- cateringthe business of providing food and related services
- kateringthe business of providing food and related services
Portuguese catering
- cateringthe business of providing food and related services
Russian ке́йтеринг
- ке́йтеринг (kéjtɛring)the business of providing food and related services
Spanish servicio banquetero, catering
- servicio banqueterothe business of providing food and related services
- cateringthe business of providing food and related services
- banqueteríathe business of providing food and related services
Ukrainian ке́йтеринг
- ке́йтеринг (kéjterynh)the business of providing food and related services
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Cite this entry
APA
catering. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/catering
MLA
“catering.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/catering. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “catering,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/catering.
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