luncheon

Significado (Inglés)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) A formal meal served in the middle of the day.
2. (New-Zealand, countable, uncountable) A large, cheap, processed sausage served in thin slices.
3. (countable, dated, uncountable) Any midday meal; lunch.
4. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) A lump of food.
5. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) A portion of food taken at any time except at a regular meal; an informal or light repast.

Verb

1. (dated, intransitive) To eat luncheon.
2. (rare, transitive) To serve luncheon to.

Conceptos

almuerzo

comida

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merienda

colación

refrigerio

almorzar

tiffin

comer

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Sinónimos

lunch

midday meal

tiffin

dejeuner

snack

breakfast

light meals

dinner

dinner

get-together

light meal

social gathering

light refreshment

Traducciones

pranzo

Mittagessen

déjeuner

μεσημεριανό

Lunch

dîner

πρόγευμα

lunch

lunch

πρωϊνό

desinare

غذاء

γεύμα

repas

κολάτσιο

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈlʌntʃ.ən/

Etimología (Inglés)

From earlier lunching, of uncertain origin.
Possibly related to lunch, q.v. It is unclear which came first. Possibly influenced by nuncheon (“light snack taken in the afternoon”).
The "sausage" sense is probably a shortening of luncheon sausage or luncheon meat.