meal

Significado (Inglés)

Noun

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

Verb

To yield or be plentiful in meal.

Verb

To defile or taint.

Conceptos

comida

harina

alimento

plato

manjar

comer

almuerzo

flor de harina

harinero

comedor

comida escolar

abundancia

merienda

previsión

víveres

yantar

cena

masa

pasta

sango

sémola

nutrición

nutriente

nutrientes

nutrimento

nutrimiento

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/miːl/

Etimología (Inglés)

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”).