dîner

Meaning

Concepts

evening meal

midday meal

have dinner

anniversary dinner

dejeuner

dinner by candlelight

eat one’s dinner

to have dinner

have supper

the evening meal

Frequency

A2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/di.ne/
Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Old French disner, from Vulgar Latin *disiūnāre, from disieiūnāre, disjejūnāre (“to break the fast”), from dis- + Late Latin iēiūnāre (“to fast”), from Latin ieiūnus. Doublet of déjeuner.

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