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table d'hote

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ta⋅ble d'hôte

[tah-buhl doht, tab-uhl; Fr. tabluh doht]
–noun, plural ta⋅bles d'hôte [tah-buhlz doht, tab-uhlz; Fr. tabluh doht] .
a meal of preselected courses served at a fixed time and price to the guests at a hotel or restaurant.


Origin:
1610–20; < F: lit., the host's table
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ta·ble d'hôte   (tä'bəl dōt', tä'blə)   
n.   pl. ta·bles d'hôte (tä'bəl dōt', tä'blə)
  1. A communal table for all the guests at a hotel or restaurant.

  2. A full-course meal offering a limited number of choices and served at a fixed price in a restaurant or hotel. In this sense, also called prix fixe.


[French : table, table + de, of + hôte, host.]
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