meal

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. (countable) Food that is prepared and eaten, usually at a specific time, and usually in a comparatively large quantity (as opposed to a snack).
2. (countable) Food served or eaten as a repast.
3. (informal, uncountable) A break taken by a police officer in order to eat.
4. (countable, obsolete) A time or an occasion.

Verb

To yield or be plentiful in meal.

Verb

To defile or taint.

Sinonieme

flour

food

🍽️

repast

dinner

rice

🍚

lunch

powder

table

eating

cooked rice

feast

diet

aliment

board

sustenance

nourishment

nutriment

swallow

snack

farina

uvula

banquet

lick

have a meal

ligule

fare

eat

🍽️

mealtime

foodstuff

nutrition

cooked food

mess

cooking

dough

drink

🥤

dining

feed

school meal

subsidised meal

tray of food

nosh-up

vegetable food

coarse powder

bran

bread

🍞

canteen

chow

consume

cornbread

course

Vertalings

repas

comida

🍽️

pasto

Mahlzeit

maaltijd

Essen

refeição

farine

Mehl

harina

Mahl

meel

àpat

cibo

🍽️

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/miːl/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: mel

Geërf van Old English: mǣl

Verwante met Fries: miel

Verwante met Nederlands: maal

Verwante met Duits: Mal

Verwante met Boeknoors: mål

Verwante met Sweeds: mål

Verwante met Antieke Grieks: μέτρον

Verwante met Latyn: mensus

Verwante met Russies: ме́ра

Verwante met Litaus: mẽtas

Verwante met Old English: mǣþ

Geërf van Middle English: mele

Geërf van Old English: melu

Verwante met Fries: moal

Verwante met Nederlands: meel

Verwante met Duits: Mehl

Verwante met Albanees: miell

Verwante met Bulgaars: мливо

Verwante met Nederlands: malen

Verwante met Duits: mahlen

Verwante met Old Irish: melim

Verwante met Latyn: molō

Verwante met Litaus: málti

Verwante met Kerkslawies: млѣти

Verwante met Antieke Grieks: μύλη

Verwante met Skots: mail

Geërf van Middle English: mole

Geërf van Old English: māl

In summary

From Middle English mel, from Old English mǣl (“measure, time, occasion, set time, time for eating, meal”), from Proto-West Germanic *māl, from Proto-Germanic *mēlą, from Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- (“to measure”).
Cognate with West Frisian miel, Dutch maal (“meal, time, occurrence”), German Mal (“time”), Mahl (“meal”), Norwegian Bokmål mål (“meal”), Swedish mål (“meal”); and (from Proto-Indo-European) with Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron, “measure”), Latin mensus, Russian ме́ра (méra, “measure”), Lithuanian mẽtas. Related to Old English mǣþ (“measure, degree, proportion”).