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Inviter & inviteé
I am helping a niece who is making wedding stationery as part of her bridal wear business. If "inviteé" means "the person invited" then does a single word exist for the person doing the inviting? I found the word "inviter" on some American online dictionaries but the word does not show up in any UK dictionary??
TIA Denise (UK)
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[nq:1]I am helping a niece who is making wedding stationery as part of her bridal wear business. If "inviteé" means ... "inviter" on some American online dictionaries but the word does not show up in any UK dictionary??
- [nq:1]I am helping a niece who is making wedding stationery as part of her bridal wear business.
- If "inviteé" means ...
- "inviter" on some American online dictionaries but the word does not show up in any UK dictionary??
- TIA Denise (UK)[/nq] Host.
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[nq:1]I am helping a niece who is making wedding stationery as part of her bridal wear business. If "inviteé" means ... "inviter" on some American online dictionaries but the word does not show up in any UK dictionary?? TIA Denise (UK)[/nq]
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D. Wilson typed thus:
[nq:1]I am helping a niece who is making wedding stationery as part of her=20 bridal wear business. If "invite=E9" means ... "inviter" on some American online dictionaries but the word does not show up in any UK dictionary?? TIA Denise (UK)[/nq]
Firstly, "invite=E9" doesn't mean anything. I guess you are aiming at=20 "invit=E9e", which is a French word meaning "a fema
[nq:1]I am helping a niece who is making wedding stationery as part of her=20 bridal wear business. If "invite=E9" means ... "inviter" on some American online dictionaries but the word does not show up in any UK dictionary?? TIA Denise (UK)[/nq]
Firstly, "invite=E9" doesn't mean anything. I guess you are aiming at=20 "invit=E9e", which is a French word meaning "a fema
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[nq:1]Firstly, "inviteé" doesn't mean anything. I guess you are aiming at "invitée", which is a French word meaning "a female ... inviting, "inviter" seems unobjectionable. Would you like to tell us in what context these words are planned to be used?[/nq]
They are to be used on application forms for wedding stationery where applicant will give names of those doin
[nq:1]Firstly, "inviteé" doesn't mean anything. I guess you are aiming at "invitée", which is a French word meaning "a female ... inviting, "inviter" seems unobjectionable. Would you like to tell us in what context these words are planned to be used?[/nq]
They are to be used on application forms for wedding stationery where applicant will give names of those doin
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"D. Wilson said,
[nq:1]They are to be used on application forms for wedding stationerywhere applicant will give names of those doing the inviting, etc. In these circumstances I think "inviter" will imply the meaning better than "host" would.[/nq]
"Invitee" sounds very odd to me, and I doubt there is such a word as inviter, though it would almost certainly be understood. I would just say "h
[nq:1]They are to be used on application forms for wedding stationerywhere applicant will give names of those doing the inviting, etc. In these circumstances I think "inviter" will imply the meaning better than "host" would.[/nq]
"Invitee" sounds very odd to me, and I doubt there is such a word as inviter, though it would almost certainly be understood. I would just say "h
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[nq:1]"D. Wilson said,[/nq]
The noun 'inviter' is a word constructed in the normal way from the verb 'invite'. It may not be in widespread use, but, to me, it seems perfectly acceptable. Its meaning is clear.
The meaning of 'invitee' is also reasonably clear - but I would be inclined to avoid it.
The problem with your suggestion of 'guest' is that a person is not a guest until the invi
The noun 'inviter' is a word constructed in the normal way from the verb 'invite'. It may not be in widespread use, but, to me, it seems perfectly acceptable. Its meaning is clear.
The meaning of 'invitee' is also reasonably clear - but I would be inclined to avoid it.
The problem with your suggestion of 'guest' is that a person is not a guest until the invi
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