# catering
## English
### Etymology

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### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkeɪt(ə)ɹɪŋ/
* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈkeɪ.tə.ɹɪŋ/
* (General American) IPA: /ˈkeɪ.tɚ.ɪŋ/, [ˈkeɪ.ɾɚ.ɪŋ]
** Audio (New Jersey):(file)

### Noun

catering (countable and uncountable, plural caterings)
* (uncountable, UK, Philippines) The business of providing food and related services; foodservice.
* (uncountable, US) The business of providing such services for special occasions.
* (countable) The act of one who caters (to something).
** 1864, J. D. White, John Hugh McQuillen, George Jacob Ziegler, The Dental Cosmos: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.

#### Derived terms

* catering trolley
* self-catering

#### Translations
### Verb

catering
* present participle and gerund of cater

### Anagrams

* argentic, citrange, creating, creäting, reacting, reäcting

## Basque
### Etymology

Ultimately from English catering.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kateɾin/ [ka.t̪e.ɾĩn]
* Rhymes: -eɾin, -in
* Hyphenation: ca‧te‧ring

### Noun

catering inan
* catering, foodservice

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “catering”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]

## Finnish
### Etymology

From English catering.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkei̯teriŋ/, [ˈk̟e̞i̯t̪e̞riŋ]
* Rhymes: -eiteriŋ

### Noun

catering
* catering
    Synonym: ateriapalvelu

#### Declension

Possessive forms of catering (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
cateringini
cateringini
accusative
nom.
cateringini
cateringini
gen.
cateringini
genitive
cateringini
cateringieni
partitive
cateringiani
cateringejani
inessive
cateringissani
cateringeissani
elative
cateringistani
cateringeistani
illative
cateringiini
cateringeihini
adessive
cateringillani
cateringeillani
ablative
cateringiltani
cateringeiltani
allative
cateringilleni
cateringeilleni
essive
cateringinani
cateringeinani
translative
cateringikseni
cateringeikseni
abessive
cateringittani
cateringeittani
instructive
comitative
—cateringeineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
cateringisi
cateringisi
accusative
nom.
cateringisi
cateringisi
gen.
cateringisi
genitive
cateringisi
cateringiesi
partitive
cateringiasi
cateringejasi
inessive
cateringissasi
cateringeissasi
elative
cateringistasi
cateringeistasi
illative
cateringiisi
cateringeihisi
adessive
cateringillasi
cateringeillasi
ablative
cateringiltasi
cateringeiltasi
allative
cateringillesi
cateringeillesi
essive
cateringinasi
cateringeinasi
translative
cateringiksesi
cateringeiksesi
abessive
cateringittasi
cateringeittasi
instructive
comitative
—cateringeinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
cateringimme
cateringimme
accusative
nom.
cateringimme
cateringimme
gen.
cateringimme
genitive
cateringimme
cateringiemme
partitive
cateringiamme
cateringejamme
inessive
cateringissamme
cateringeissamme
elative
cateringistamme
cateringeistamme
illative
cateringiimme
cateringeihimme
adessive
cateringillamme
cateringeillamme
ablative
cateringiltamme
cateringeiltamme
allative
cateringillemme
cateringeillemme
essive
cateringinamme
cateringeinamme
translative
cateringiksemme
cateringeiksemme
abessive
cateringittamme
cateringeittamme
instructive
comitative
—cateringeinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
cateringinne
cateringinne
accusative
nom.
cateringinne
cateringinne
gen.
cateringinne
genitive
cateringinne
cateringienne
partitive
cateringianne
cateringejanne
inessive
cateringissanne
cateringeissanne
elative
cateringistanne
cateringeistanne
illative
cateringiinne
cateringeihinne
adessive
cateringillanne
cateringeillanne
ablative
cateringiltanne
cateringeiltanne
allative
cateringillenne
cateringeillenne
essive
cateringinanne
cateringeinanne
translative
cateringiksenne
cateringeiksenne
abessive
cateringittanne
cateringeittanne
instructive
comitative
—cateringeinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
cateringinsa
cateringinsa
accusative
nom.
cateringinsa
cateringinsa
gen.
cateringinsa
genitive
cateringinsa
cateringiensa
partitive
cateringiaan cateringiansa
cateringejaan cateringejansa
inessive
cateringissaan cateringissansa
cateringeissaan cateringeissansa
elative
cateringistaan cateringistansa
cateringeistaan cateringeistansa
illative
cateringiinsa
cateringeihinsa
adessive
cateringillaan cateringillansa
cateringeillaan cateringeillansa
ablative
cateringiltaan cateringiltansa
cateringeiltaan cateringeiltansa
allative
cateringilleen cateringillensa
cateringeilleen cateringeillensa
essive
cateringinaan cateringinansa
cateringeinaan cateringeinansa
translative
cateringikseen cateringiksensa
cateringeikseen cateringeiksensa
abessive
cateringittaan cateringittansa
cateringeittaan cateringeittansa
instructive
comitative
—cateringeineen cateringeinensa :

### Further reading

* “catering”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

## Polish
### Alternative forms

* katering

### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English catering.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kaˈtɛ.riŋk/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛriŋk
* Syllabification: ca‧te‧ring

### Noun

catering m inan
* catering

#### Derived terms

* cateringowy

### Further reading

* catering in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* catering in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Romanian
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English catering.

### Noun

catering n (uncountable)
* catering

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Alternative forms

* cáterin

### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English catering.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkeiteɾin/ [ˈkei̯.t̪e.ɾĩn]
* Rhymes: -eiteɾin

### Noun

catering m (uncountable)
* catering
    Synonym: banquete

#### References

* Real Academia Espanola

### Further reading

* “catering”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
* “catering”, in Diccionario panhispánico de dudas [Panhispanic Dictionary of Doubts] (in Spanish), 2nd edition, Royal Spanish Academy; Association of Academies of the Spanish Language, 2023, →ISBN