dinner

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) The main meal of the day, often eaten in the evening.
2. (countable, uncountable) An evening meal.
3. (countable, uncountable) A midday meal (in a context in which the evening meal is called supper or tea).
4. (countable, uncountable) A meal given to an animal.
5. (countable, uncountable) A formal meal for many people eaten for a special occasion.
6. (uncountable) The food provided or consumed at any such meal.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To eat a dinner; to dine.
2. (transitive) To provide (someone) with a dinner; to dine.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈdɪnə/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: dyner

Cognate with French: dîner

In summary

From Middle English dyner, from Old French disner (“lunch”, but originally “breakfast”), (modern French dîner), from Vulgar Latin *disiūnō, *disiūnāre from Latin dis- + iēiūnō (“to break the fast”).

Synonyms

supper

evening meal

lunch

feast

banquet

meal

midday meal

snack

breakfast

dinner party

luncheon

supping

tiffin

afternoon meal

breakie

affair

noonmeat

celebration

🎉

drinking

evening

🌆

festivity

food

🍽️

gala

noon

🕛

party

🥳

prandial

refection

tea

🫖

Translations

dîner

cena

cena

Abendessen

jantar

comida

🍽️

kolacja

avondeten

déjeuner

Mittagessen

pranzo

γεύμα

obiad

diner

almoço

Sentences

For dinner , they had Cesar salad .

When I visited South America I had dinner with Aaron , Douglas , Nicole , and Raymond .

She bought three cod fishes to cook for dinner .

He's home cooking dinner .