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BUTLERS PANTRY [1 record]

Record 1 2010-04-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Residential Architecture
DEF

A room or closet adjacent to a kitchen or dining room used for storing provisions or glassware and china or for serving.

OBS

A buttler's pantry [is] a pantry for the use of a buttler: a service room between kitchen and dining room.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Architecture d'habitation
DEF

Dans les châteaux, maisons bourgeoises, restaurants, etc., pièce située entre les cuisines et la salle à manger; on y prépare le service de la table.

OBS

D'après le Petit Robert, 1985, p. 1303, ce mot féminin est couramment employé au masculin.

OBS

Dans une maison, la pièce, ordinairement attenante à la cuisine, où se prépare le service de la table est «une office» (féminin). La langue courante, sous l'influence des autres sens d'office, emploie plutôt le masculin.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Arquitectura de viviendas
DEF

Recientemente, habitación de las casas contigua a la cocina, donde hay armarios, fregaderos, mesas, etc., para guardar cosas del servicio de mesa y realizar operaciones complementarias de la cocina.

OBS

El uso de la adaptación "ofis" por "office" no es generalizado en español.

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