lunch

See also Lunch

English

Etymology

Recorded since 1580; presumably short for luncheon, apparently an alteration from nuncheon, nonechenche "light mid-day meal", itself from none "noon" (from Latin nonus) + schench "drink" (from Old English scenc, from scencan "pour out") and altered by northern English dialect lunch "hunk of bread or cheese" (1590), which probably is from Spanish lonja "a slice" (literally "loin")

Pronunciation

• IPA: /lʌntʃ/

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• Rhymes: -ʌntʃ

Noun

lunch (plural lunches)

1. A light meal usually eaten around midday, notably when not as main meal of the day.
2. (cricket) A break in play between the first and second sessions.
3. (Minnesota, US) Any small meal, especially one eaten at a social gathering.

   After the funeral there was a lunch for those who didn't go to the cemetery.

Synonyms

• (midday meal): luncheon

Derived terms

• little lunch
• playlunch

Translations

meal around midday

• Albanian: Drekë, sillë
• Arabic: غداء (ar) (ġadāʾ) m
• Armenian: լանչ (hy) (lanč) 
• Aromanian: prãndzu (rup)
• Baluchi: چاشت (cášt)
• Basque: bazkari (eu)
• Belarusian: абед (be) (abéd) m 
• Bengali: লাঞ্চ (bn) (lāñca)
• Breton: merenn f
• Bulgarian: обяд (bg) (objád) m 
• Catalan: dinar (ca) m
• Central Atlas Tamazight: ⵎⵎⵏⵙⵓ (mmnsu), ⵉⵎⴽⵍⵉ (imkli)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 午飯 (cmn), 午饭 (cmn) (wǔfàn), 午餐 (cmn) (wǔcān)

• Czech: oběd (cs) m
• Danish: frokost (da) c
• Dutch: lunch, middageten (nl) n, (licht) middagmaal n
• Estonian: lõuna (et)
• Finnish: lounas (fi)
• French: déjeuner (fr) m, dîner (fr) m (Belgium, Cajun, Swiss and Canadian French - in Belgium, Louisiana, Romandy and Quebec, "déjeuner" means "breakfast"); lunch (fr) m (more specific)
• Friulian: gustà
• Galician: xantar (gl) m
• Georgian: ლანჩი (ka) (lanč'i) , მეორე საუზმე (ka) (meore sauzme) 
• German: Mittagessen (de) n, Lunch (de) m
• Greek: γεύμα (el) (gévma) n , μεσημεριανό (el) (mesimerianó) n 
• Guernésiais: dénaïr m
• Hebrew: ארוחת צהריים (he) (arukhat' tsaharayim) f
• Hindi: लंच (hi) (lanc)
• Hungarian: ebéd (hu)
• Ido: dejuno (io)
• Interlingua: prandio
• Inupiak: aiḷiłiq, qitiqquutaq
• Irish: lón (ga) m
• Italian: pranzo (it) m, seconda colazione (it) f
• Japanese: 昼食 (ja) (ちゅうしょく, chūshoku), 昼ご飯 (ja) (ひるごはん, hirugohan), お昼 (ja) (おひる, o-hiru), ランチ (ja) (ranchi)

• Korean: 점심 (ko) (jeomsim) (點心 (ko)), 중식 (ko) (jungsik) (中食 (ko))
• Kurdish:

  Sorani:

  Kurmanji: firavîn (ku) f

  Sorani: نانی نیوه‌ڕۆ

• Latin: prandium (la) n
• Latvian: pusdienas (lv) m
• Lithuanian: pietūs (lt)
• Macedonian: ручек (mk) (rúček) m
• Malay: makan tengahari (ms)
• Maltese: ikla (mt) f
• Mazanderani: چاشت (cašt)
• Norwegian: lunsj (no)

  Nynorsk: lunsj (nn) m

• Persian: ناهار (fa) (nâhâr)
• Polish: obiad (pl) m
• Portuguese: almoço (pt) m
• Romanian: prânz (ro) n
• Russian: обед (ru) (obéd) m , второй завтрак (ru) (vtorój závtrak) m , ланч (ru) (lanč) m , ленч (ru) (lenč) m 
• Scottish Gaelic: diathad (gd) f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ручак (sh) m, обед (sh) m

  Roman: ručak (sh) m, obed (sh) m

• Sindhi: مانجھاندو (manjhando) m
• Slovak: obed (sk) m
• Slovene: kosilo (sl) n, obed (sl) m, južina (sl) f
• Spanish: almuerzo m (Latin America), comida f (Spain)
• Swedish: lunch (sv) c, middag (sv)
• Tagalog: tanghalian
• Thai: อาหารกลางวัน (th) (aahăan glaangwan), อาหารเที่ยง (th) (aahăan tîang), ข้าวเที่ยง (th) (kâao tîang), มื้อเที่ยง (th) (méu tîang), มื้อกลางวัน (th) (méu glaangwan), ข้าวกลางวัน (th) (kâao glaangwan)
• Ukrainian: обід (uk) (obíd) m , ланч (uk) (lanč) m 
• Venetian: disnar
• Vietnamese: bữa trưa (vi), bữa ăn trưa (vi)
• Welsh: cinio bach (cy) m

cricket break

Verb

lunch (third-person singular simple present lunches, present participle lunching, simple past and past participle lunched)

1. To eat lunch.

   I like to lunch in Italian restaurants.

Derived terms

• luncher
• lunchroom
• ladies who lunch

Related terms

• luncheonette

Translations

to eat lunch

• Albanian: drekoj, silloj
• Aromanian: prãndzu
• Basque: bazkaldu (eu)
• Breton: merennañ
• Bulgarian: обядвам (objadvam)
• Catalan: dinar (ca)
• Dalmatian: disnur
• Danish: spise (da), spise (da) frokost (da)
• Dutch: middageten, dineren, lunchen
• Estonian: lõunastama
• Filipino: tanghalian
• Finnish: lounastaa (fi)
• French: déjeuner, (more specific) luncher
• German: zu Mittag essen, lunchen

• Greek: γευματίζω (el) (gevmatízo) 
• Hungarian: ebédel (hu)
• Interlingua: prander, lunchar
• Italian: pranzare (it)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: نان خواردنی نیوه‌ڕۆ

• Macedonian: руча (mk) (rúča)
• Polish: jeść obiad m
• Portuguese: almoçar (pt)
• Romanian: prânzi
• Russian: обедать (ru) (obédat’) 
• Slovak: obedovať
• Spanish: almorzar (es)
• Swedish: äta lunch (sv), luncha (sv)

See also

• breakfast
• dine, dinner
• supper

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Dutch

Etymology

From English lunch.

Noun

lunch m (plural lunchen or lunches, diminutive lunchje)

1. A lunch, meal around noon

Derived terms

• lunchen (verb)
• lunchtafel m and f
• lunchtijd m
• lunchuur n

Related terms

• brunchen (verb)
• lunchroom

See also

• maaltijd
• ontbijt

Verb

lunch

1. first-person singular present indicative of lunchen
2. imperative of lunchen

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French

Etymology

From English

Noun

lunch m (plural lunchs)

1. A lunch, (usually light) meal around noon
2. A light meal with sandwiches, cold cuts, pastry etc. served at a festive reception

Derived terms

• luncher (verb)

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Swedish

Pronunciation

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Noun

lunch c

1. a lunch, a meal eaten about noon

Declension

Declension of lunch

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	lunch	lunchen	luncher	luncherna
genitive	lunchs	lunchens	lunchers	lunchernas

Related terms

dagens lunch luncha lunchbar lunchbord lunchbox lunchbricka lunchdags

lunchgäst lunchkonsert lunchkorg lunchkupong lunchpaus lunchrast lunchrestaurang lunchrum

lunchrusning lunchrätt lunchservering lunchställe lunchstängd lunchtid

See also

• middag

References

• lunch in Svenska Akademiens Ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)