table d'hôte

American  

[tah-buhl doht, tab-uhl, tabl^uh doht] / ˈtɑ bəl ˈdoʊt, ˈtæb əl, tablə ˈdoʊt /

noun

plural

tables d'hôte

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

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table d'hôte British  

/ tablə dot, ˈtɑːbəl ˈdəʊt /

adjective

1. (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

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noun

1. a table d'hôte meal or menu

Etymology

Origin of table d'hôte

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

Example Sentences

Forget about menus; there is not even the usual table d’hôte, in which the chef offers a number of multicourse meals at a fixed price.

From New York Times • Jan. 17, 2017

It has excellent table d’hôte dinners for hotel guests, a lush tropical garden, great views and a lovely pool.

From New York Times • Jan. 17, 2017

Attendees of Boomtown Fair can recharge at the Booming Banquet, a six-course table d'hôte bonanza dishing up appealing morsels such as pork saltimbocca and Parma ham with sage and Marsala wine.

From The Guardian • May 10, 2013

Inside the dining-car the waiters served the fifth successive table d'hôte meal.

From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway

As they arrived the first bell was ringing for table d’hôte dinner, and people were dropping in by twos and threes, or in parties, returning from expeditions to adjacent glaciers or elsewhere.

From Fordham's Feud by Mitford, Bertram