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noun, masculine

sommelier

/sɔ.mə.lje/

noun, masculine/sɔ.mə.lje/plural: sommeliers

sommelier, wine steward (a person who is in charge of the wine cellar in a restaurant); the person in charge of bread, linens, crockery, and liquor; the chief of table setting; the person in charge of the wine convoy, its beasts of burden, and its protection

From somme + -ier; ultimately from bête de somme; somme is from Vulgar Latin *salma, from Latin sagma (“packsaddle”).

sommelier — French Dictionary | Passage