lunch

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Derived terms 1.3.3 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Derived terms 1.4.2 Related terms 1.4.3 Translations 1.5 See also 2 Dutch 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Noun 2.2.1 Derived terms 2.2.2 Related terms 2.3 See also 3 French 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Noun 3.2.1 Derived terms 4 Swedish 4.1 Pronunciation 4.2 Noun 4.2.1 See also

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[edit] 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")

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /lʌnʧ/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}
• Rhymes: -ʌntʃ

[edit] Noun

lunch (plural lunches)

1. A 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.

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• (midday meal): luncheon

[edit] Derived terms

• little lunch
• playlunch

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[edit] Verb

to 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.

[edit] Derived terms

• luncher
• lunchroom
• ladies who lunch

[edit] Related terms

• luncheonette

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[edit] See also

• breakfast
• dine, dinner
• supper

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[edit] Dutch

[edit] Etymology

From English lunch, presumably short for luncheon, from 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")

[edit] Noun

lunch (plural lunchen or lunches, diminutive lunchje, diminutive plural lunchjes)

1. A lunch, meal around noon

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

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• brunchen (verb)
• lunchroom

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• maaltijd
• ontbijt

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[edit] French

[edit] Etymology

From English lunch, presumably short for luncheon, from 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")

[edit] 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

[edit] Derived terms

• luncher (verb)
• lunchroom m.

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[edit] Swedish

[edit] Pronunciation

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[edit] Noun

lunch c.

Inflection for lunch	Singular		Plural
common	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Base form	lunch	lunchen	luncher	luncherna
Possessive form	lunchs	lunchens	lunchers	lunchernas

1. A lunch, meal eaten about noon

[edit] See also

• middag