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

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

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

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

"Oh! well, I could hardly leave my friends," I said reflectively; "I suppose I shall have to join them at the table d'hôte."

From The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies by Zangwill, Israel