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table d'hôte

[ tah-buhl doht, tab-uhl; French tabluh doht ]

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noun

, plural ta·bles d'hôte [tah, -b, uh, lz , doht, tab, -, uh, lz, t, a, bl, uh, , doht].

a meal of preselected courses served at a fixed time and price to the guests at a hotel or restaurant.

table d'hôte

/ tablə dot; ˈtɑːbəl ˈdəʊt /

(of a meal) consisting of a set number of courses with limited choice of dishes offered at a fixed price Compare à la carte prix fixe

1610–20; < French: literally, the host's table

C17: from French, literally: the host's table

In 1982, Roellinger saved the sea merchant's house from foreclosure by opening a table d'hôte (prix fixe restaurant) inside.

He watches unseen over table d'hôte, and prevents most nice things from coming to dinner.

In the evening I went to one of the theatres, accompanied by an English physician, with whom I dined at the table d'hôte.

The wine is good, and very cheap; and a daily ordinary, or table d'hôte, is kept at the Hotel d'Angleterre.

It's a case of the regular table d'hôte for me until the first of the month.

"You were not at lunch, nor at the table d'hôte, to-night," he added; and I did not consider that the statement demanded comment.

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