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table d'hôte

table d'hôte

8.7
A complete meal with limited choices served at a fixed price
  • noun
  • /ˌtæbl dəˈoʊt/
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  • We chose the table d'hôte for simplicity and enjoyed a delicious three-course meal.

Examples

  • The restaurant offers a table d'hôte that changes every week, featuring local seasonal dishes.

  • Some diners prefer ordering à la carte, while others go for the value of the table d'hôte.

  • The restaurant offers a delicious table d'hôte every evening.

  • Can we try the table d'hôte tonight?

  • The restaurant offers a table d'hôte that changes every week, featuring local seasonal dishes.

  • Some diners prefer ordering à la carte, while others go for the value of the table d'hôte.

  • We chose the table d'hôte for simplicity and enjoyed a delicious three-course meal.

Synonyms

prix fixe
vstable d'hôte
8.1

Offered as a complete meal with limited choices for each course at one price

has the same meaning but is an alternative name for that menu

Antonyms

a la carte
1 5.1

A menu where each dish is ordered and priced separately

How Structured

table d'hôte
8.7
prix fixe
1 7.3
a la carte
1 5.1

Surface Forms

table d'hôte singular
table d'hotes plural

Morphology

table + d'hôte

This is a French loanphrase whose second element ('d'hôte') is opaque or unknown to most English learners, so the combined literal reading ('host's table') does not transparently yield the technical sense 'fixed‑price set menu'. Even if a learner recognises 'table', they are unlikely to infer the specific restaurant meaning without prior exposure, so the expression functions idiomatically in English.

Etymology

The noun table d'hôte literally joins table and hôte, meaning 'table of the host' in French; it may come from old inns where the host served the same meal to all guests at one table. That's why today table d'hôte means a complete meal with limited choices offered at a fixed price.