repast

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. (archaic, countable, literary, uncountable) A meal.
2. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) A period of refreshment or rest.
3. (archaic, countable, uncountable) Food or drink that may be consumed as a meal.
4. (archaic, countable, figuratively, uncountable) Something that is intellectually or spiritually nourishing.
5. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) The consumption of food; also, refreshment obtained from eating; (generally) refreshment; rest.

Verb

1. (archaic, transitive) To supply (an animal or person) with food; to feed.
2. (archaic, figuratively, transitive) To provide (a person) with intellectual or spiritual nourishment; to enlighten, to feed.
3. (also, obsolete, reflexive, transitive) To refresh (oneself or someone) through eating and drinking.
4. (also, figuratively, intransitive, obsolete) Usually followed by on or upon: to take food and drink; to feast, to feed.

Sinonieme

meal

food

🍽️

mess

treat

food and drink

mealtime

nourishment

nutriment

plate

square meal

sustenance

table

aliment

nutrition

board

chow

course

feast

Vertalings

repas

comida

🍽️

Mahlzeit

pasto

Mahl

γεύμα

öğün

taam

maal

aliment

🍽️

maaltijd

φαγητό

yemek

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Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ɹɪˈpɑːst/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: repast

Verwante met Frans: repas

Geërf van Middle English: repasten

In summary

From Middle English repast, repaste (“feast, meal; food, nourishment; the Eucharist; refreshment, rest”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman, Middle French, Old French repast, Middle French, Old French repas (“meal, repast; spiritual nourishment”) (modern French repas), probably from Medieval Latin, Late Latin repastus (“meal”), from repāstus, the perfect passive participle of repāscō (“to feed; to feed one after another”), from Latin re- (prefix meaning ‘again’) + pāscō (“to feed, nourish; to pasture (an animal); of an animal: to browse, graze; to maintain, support”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- (“to protect; to shepherd”)).