bon appétit

Etymology
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Pronunciation

 * Most American and British dictionaries prescribe French-like pronunciations like,     and , which, however, are not encountered in American speech, where the pronunciations  and  predominate.
 * Most American and British dictionaries prescribe French-like pronunciations like,     and , which, however, are not encountered in American speech, where the pronunciations  and  predominate.
 * Most American and British dictionaries prescribe French-like pronunciations like,     and , which, however, are not encountered in American speech, where the pronunciations  and  predominate.
 * Most American and British dictionaries prescribe French-like pronunciations like,     and , which, however, are not encountered in American speech, where the pronunciations  and  predominate.

Translations

 * Afrikaans: lekker eet
 * Albanian: ju bëftë mirë, t'boftë mire
 * Arabic: شَهْيَة طَيِّبَة, بِٱلصِّحَّةِ وَٱلْعَافِيَةِ, بِٱلْهَنَاءِ وَٱلشِّفَاءِ, وَجْبَة طَيِّبَة
 * Egyptian Arabic: بالهنا والشفا
 * Gulf Arabic: بالعافية
 * Hijazi Arabic: بالعافية, صِحَّة و عافية
 * Levantine Arabic: صَحْتِين
 * Armenian: բարի ախորժակ
 * Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܢܗܵܢܹܐ ܠܘܼܟ݂, ܢܗܵܢܹܐ ܠܵܟ݂ܝ , ܢܗܵܢܹܐ ܠܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ , ܨܵܠܹܐ ܘܒܵܢܹܐ, ܨܲܚܬܹܝܢ
 * Azerbaijani: nuş olsun
 * Basque: on egin, on dagizula, on dagizuela
 * Belarusian: сма́чна е́сці, прые́мнага апеты́ту
 * Bulgarian: бон апети́, до́бър апети́т, прия́тен апети́т
 * Catalan: bon profit
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 慢慢食, 請慢用, 慢用
 * Mandarin:, 請慢用, 慢用
 * Corsican: bon appetitu
 * Crimean Tatar: aş olsun, aş tatlı olsun, aş bolsın
 * Czech:, nechej si chutnat, nech si chutnat
 * Danish: velbekomme, god appetit
 * Dutch: smakelijk eten, eet smakelijk,
 * Esperanto: bonan apetiton
 * Estonian: head isu
 * Faroese: væl gagnist
 * Finnish: hyvää ruokahalua
 * French:, bon ap'
 * Galician: bo proveito
 * Georgian: ღმერთმა შეგარგოთ, გაამოთ, გაამოს
 * German:, lass es dir schmecken, lasst es euch schmecken,  lassen Sie es sich schmecken,
 * Alemannic German: en Guete, en Guetä
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: सुख भोजन, कृपया भोजन का आनंद लीजिये
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: ,
 * Ido: bona apetito
 * Indonesian: selamat makan
 * Ingrian: leipää soolaa
 * Italian: buon appetito
 * Japanese: どうぞ召し上がれ, どうぞごゆっくり,
 * Kannada: ಚೆನ್ನಾಗಿ ಊಟ ಮಾಡಿ
 * Kazakh: ас болсын, ас дәмді болсын, асыңыз дәмді болсын
 * Khmer: សុភោជន, សុរសភោជន, អញ្ជើញពិសាឲ្យបានឆ្ងាញ់
 * Korean: 맛있게 드세요, 많이 드세요, 잘 먹겠습니다, 맛있게 먹어요 , 잘 먹어 , 많이 먹어
 * Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish: ,
 * Kyrgyz: аш болсун
 * Lao: ຈະເຣີນອາຫານ, ເຊີນແຊບ
 * Latin: bene sapiat
 * Latvian: labu apetīti
 * Lithuanian: gero apetito, skanaus
 * Macedonian: пријатно јадење
 * Malay: selamat makan, selamat menjamu selera
 * Maltese: l-ikla t-tajba
 * Mòcheno: molzait
 * Mari:
 * Eastern Mari: перкан лийже
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic: сайхан хооллоорой, хооллоорой
 * Northern Sami: buorre borranlusttu
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: vel bekomme, spis godt, håper det smaker
 * Pashto: خورمن دې ښه
 * Persian:
 * Iranian Persian:, نوشِ جون
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:, bom proveito
 * Romanian: poftă bună, poftă mare
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: ith do leòr
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: при̏ја̄тно, до̏бар те̑к
 * Roman:, dȍbar tȇk
 * Slovak: dobrú chuť
 * Slovene: dọ́bər tẹ̑k
 * Spanish: buen provecho, buen apetito, que aproveches, que aprovechéis,  que aproveche, que aprovechen
 * Swahili: karibu chakula
 * Swedish:, , låt det smaka
 * Tahitian: tāmā'a maita'i
 * Tatar: тәмле булсын
 * Thai: เชิญทานครับ, เชิญทานค่ะ , ทานให้อร่อยนะ, กินให้อร่อย, ทานให้อร่อย
 * Turkish:
 * Tuvaluan: kai malosi
 * Udmurt: ческыд мед кошкоз
 * Ukrainian: смачно́го, приє́много апети́ту
 * Urdu: نوش فَرْمائِیے, نوشِ جان
 * Uyghur: ئاش بولسۇن, سىڭىشلىك بولسۇن
 * Uzbek: yoqimli ishtaha
 * Veps: hüväd litud
 * Vietnamese: ăn nào, ăn ngon nhé, chúc ngon miệng
 * Xhosa: ukonwabele ukutya kwakho
 * Yiddish: עס געזונטערהײט,  עסט געזונטערהײט

Etymology
lit. 'good appetite'.

Phrase

 * , enjoy your meal

Usage notes

 * Unlike equivalent phrases in an English-speaking context, in French is a politeness formula used much more automatically, like please or thank you. As well as when serving a meal or sitting down to eat with others, it is also used when getting up from the table where others are still eating, or when greeting or departing from someone who is eating, or when saying goodbye to someone who is leaving in order to eat (e.g. leaving work at lunchtime).