lunch

Etymology
Recorded since 1580; presumably short for, but earliest found also as , , equivalent to , with the suffix later modified to simulate a French origin. Lunch is possibly a derivative of (as  is from . See  for more), or represents an alteration of, from  (see ) and altered by northern English dialect  (1590), which perhaps is from  or from 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) A light meal usually eaten around midday, notably when not as main meal of the day.
 * 2)  A break in play between the first and second sessions.
 * 3)  Any small meal, especially one eaten at a social gathering.
 * 1)  Any small meal, especially one eaten at a social gathering.

Translations

 * Afrikaans: middagete
 * Albanian: ,
 * Arabic: غَدَاء
 * Gulf Arabic: غدا
 * Hijazi Arabic: غدا
 * South Levantine Arabic: غدا
 * Armenian: լանչ,
 * Aromanian: prãndzu
 * Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܟܵܘܸܬܪܵܐ
 * Asturian:
 * Azerbaijani: günorta yeməyi,
 * Baluchi: چاشت
 * Basque:
 * Belarusian: абе́д, ланч
 * Bengali: লাঞ্চ
 * Bikol Central: pangudto
 * Breton:
 * Bulgarian:, , лънч
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan:
 * Cebuano: paniudto
 * Central Atlas Tamazight: ⵎⵎⵏⵙⵓ, ⵉⵎⴽⵍⵉ
 * Chickasaw: tabookoli
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish: middagsmad,
 * Dutch:, , (licht) middagmaal
 * Esperanto: meztagmanĝaĵo, tagmanĝo, lunĉo
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:
 * French:, ,  , grand déjeuner , grand-déjeuner
 * Friulian: gustà
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: ლანჩი, მეორე საუზმე
 * German: ,
 * Gothic: 𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌽𐌹𐌼𐌰𐍄𐍃
 * Greek: ,
 * Ancient: δεῖπνον, ἄριστον
 * Hawaiian: ʻaina awakea
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi:, दोपहर का खाना,
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: ,
 * Ido: ,
 * Indonesian:
 * Ingrian: lounat
 * Ingush: марта
 * Interlingua:, lunch
 * Inupiaq: aiḷiłiq, qitiqquutaq
 * Irish: lón
 * Italian:, seconda colazione
 * Japanese:, , , ,
 * Kabuverdianu: almosu, almose
 * Kazakh: қонақасы, түскі ас, түскі тамақ, түстік, түскілік
 * Khmer: អាហារថ្ងៃត្រង់, បាយថ្ងៃត្រង់
 * Korean:, , 런치
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: نانی نیوەڕۆ, فراوین
 * Northern Kurdish:
 * Kyrgyz: түштөм, обед
 * Ladin: marënda
 * Lao:
 * Latgalian: dīniškys
 * Latin: prandium
 * Latvian: pusdienas
 * Lithuanian:
 * Macedonian: ручек
 * Malay: makan tengahari
 * Maltese: ikla
 * Maori: tina
 * Mazanderani: چاشت
 * Middle English: dyner
 * Mirandese: almuorço
 * Mòcheno: vormes
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic: ленч, хөнгөн зууш
 * Mongolian: ᠬᠥᠩᠭᠡᠨ ᠵᠠᠭᠤᠰᠢ
 * Navajo: yistʼéí
 * Norman: dénaïr
 * Northern Sami: lunša, gaskabiebmu
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk:
 * Old Church Slavonic:
 * Cyrillic: обѣдъ
 * Oromo: laaqana
 * Pashto: غرمنۍ
 * Pennsylvania German: Essschtick
 * Persian:
 * Plautdietsch: Meddach
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:, grande-almoço
 * Romanian:, , mare dejun
 * Romansch: gentar
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Sanskrit: मध्याह्नभोजन
 * Sardinian: marèndha, bústu, pràgnu
 * Scottish Gaelic: diathad
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: ру́чак, обед
 * Roman:, obed
 * Sicilian:
 * Sindhi:
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene:, obed, južina
 * Sorbian:
 * Lower Sorbian: wobjed
 * Upper Sorbian: wobjed
 * Spanish:,  ,  ,
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tagalog:
 * Tajik: ноҳор, хӯроки пешин, таоми пешин
 * Tarifit: amešri
 * Thai: อาหารกลางวัน, อาหารเที่ยง,, มื้อเที่ยง, มื้อกลางวัน, ,
 * Turkish:
 * Turkmen: günortanlyk, günortanlyk nahar
 * Ukrainian: обі́д, ланч
 * Urdu: ظُہْرانَہ لَنْچ, دُوپَہَر کا کھانا
 * Uzbek:, lench, ikkinchi nonushta,
 * Venetian:
 * Vietnamese: bữa trưa, bữa ăn trưa
 * Volapük:
 * Walloon: ,
 * Welsh: cinio bach
 * Yiddish: װאַרעמעס, לאָנטש ,


 * Bengali: মধ্যাহ্ন বিরতি

Verb

 * 1)  To eat lunch.
 * 2)  To treat to lunch.
 * 1)  To treat to lunch.
 * 1)  To treat to lunch.
 * 1)  To treat to lunch.

Translations

 * Albanian: ,
 * Aromanian: prãndzu
 * Basque:
 * Belarusian: абе́даць, паабе́даць
 * Breton:
 * Bulgarian: обя́двам
 * Catalan:
 * Chickasaw: tabookoli impa
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 食晏
 * Mandarin: 吃午飯
 * Czech:
 * Dalmatian: disnur
 * Danish: ,
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Estonian: lõunastama
 * Finnish:
 * French:, prendre déjeuner,
 * Galician:
 * German: zu Mittag essen, ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: δεῖπνέω, ἄριστάω
 * Hungarian:
 * Ido:
 * Ingrian: lounattaissa
 * Interlingua: prander, lunchar
 * Irish: lón a ithe
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 昼食をとる
 * Kabuverdianu: almusa, almusá
 * Korean: 점심을 먹다, 점심 식사를 하다, 점심을 드시다 , 점심을 잡수시다 , 점심 식사를 하시다 , 점심 식사를 드시다
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: نان خواردنی نیوەڕۆ
 * Latgalian: dīniškuot
 * Latin: prandeō
 * Latvian: pusdienot
 * Lithuanian: pietauti
 * Macedonian: ру́ча
 * Maori: tina
 * Mirandese: almorçar
 * Mongolian: өдрийн хоол идэх, ᠡᠳᠦᠷ ᠦᠨ ᠬᠣᠭᠤᠯᠠ ᠢᠳᠡᠬᠦ
 * Polish: jeść obiad
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Sardinian: bustàre, pràndhede/pràndhere
 * Slovak: obedovať
 * Sorbian:
 * Lower Sorbian: wobjedowaś
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: äta lunch,
 * Tagalog:
 * Ukrainian: обі́дати, пообі́дати
 * Vietnamese: ăn trưa
 * Volapük:
 * Walloon:, ,

Etymology
From.

Verb

 * 1)  to eat lunch; to have lunch

Etymology
Borrowed from.

Noun

 * A, a meal eaten around noon

Derived terms

 * (verb)

Related terms

 * (verb)

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * a, (usually light) meal around noon
 * 1) a light meal with sandwiches, cold cuts, pastry etc. served at a festive reception

Etymology
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Etymology
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Etymology
From.

Noun

 * a, a meal eaten about noon