luncheon

Senso (Inglese)

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.

Concetti

pranzo

desinare

seconda colazione

cibo

🍽️

colazione

sinonimi

lunch

midday meal

tiffin

dejeuner

snack

breakfast

light meals

dinner

dinner

get-together

light meal

social gathering

light refreshment

Traduzioni

almuerzo

déjeuner

Mittagessen

μεσημεριανό

Lunch

dîner

πρόγευμα

comida

🍽️

lunch

lunch

πρωϊνό

twaalfuurtje

غذاء

repas

γεύμα

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈlʌntʃ.ən/

Etimologia (Inglese)

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.