breakfast

Meaning

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) The first meal of the day, usually eaten in the morning.
2. (broadly, countable, uncountable) A meal consisting of food normally eaten in the morning, which may typically include eggs, sausages, toast, bacon, etc.
3. (countable, uncountable) The celebratory meal served after a wedding (and occasionally after other solemnities e.g. a funeral).
4. (countable, uncountable) A meal eaten after a period of (now often religious) fasting.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To eat the morning meal.
2. (transitive) To serve breakfast to.

Synonyms

morning meal

lunch

snack

dinner

refreshments

eat

🍽️

tiffin

have breakfast

tea

🫖

yawn

warm water

brekker

break one’s fast

luncheon

breakie

meal

morning

Translations

petit déjeuner

Frühstück

desayuno

colazione

ontbijt

café da manhã

esmorzar

déjeuner

prima colazione

pequeno-almoço

πρωινό

petit-déjeuner

desjejum

πρόγευμα

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈbɹɛkfəst/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: brekefast

Inherited from Old English: fæstenbryċe

Cognate with Dutch: breekvasten

In summary

From Middle English brekefast, brekefaste, equivalent to break + fast (literally, "to end the nightly fast"), likely a variant of Old English fæstenbryċe, (literally, "fast-breach"). Cognate with Dutch breekvasten (“breakfast”).