ウェイター
うぇいたー
noun
waiter
1.
waiter
A male server in a restaurant or café who takes orders and serves food and drinks to customers.
ウェイターを呼んで注文した。
I called the waiter and ordered.
大学生の時、ウェイターのバイトをしていた。
When I was a college student, I worked part-time as a waiter.
ウェイターが料理を運んできた。
The waiter brought the food.
ウェイター is borrowed from English "waiter" and refers to male restaurant servers.
RELATED TERMS:
- ウェイトレス: waitress (female)
- ホールスタッフ: floor staff (gender-neutral, increasingly common)
- 店員: store staff/clerk
- 給仕: waiter/waitress (formal/old-fashioned)
COMMON EXPRESSIONS:
- ウェイターを呼ぶ: to call the waiter
- ウェイターのバイト: part-time job as a waiter
USAGE NOTE:
In modern Japan, ホールスタッフ is increasingly preferred as a gender-neutral term. 店員 is used more broadly for any store employee, not just restaurant servers.
Related Words
Related:
ウェイトレス (waitress)