English[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
appetize + -er
Pronunciation[edit]
appetizer (plural appetizers)
- A small, light, and usually savory first course in a meal
- Synonyms: (slang) appy, entrée, hors d'oeuvre, starter
- Something that creates or increases excitement for what is to follow.
Translations[edit]
small, light first course
- Arabic: مَزَّة f (mazza), مُشَهْي m (mušahy)
- Armenian: նախուտեստ (hy) (naxutest)
- Azerbaijani: məzə
- Bulgarian: аперити́в (bg) m (aperitív), мезе́ n (mezé), заку́ска f (zakúska)
- Catalan: aperitiu (ca) m
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 開胃菜 (zh), 开胃菜 (zh) (kāiwèicài), 前菜 (zh) (qiáncài)
- Czech: předkrm (cs) m, apetizér m
- Dutch: bittergarnituur, borrelhapjes (nl) pl
- Esperanto: antaŭmanĝaĵo
- Finnish: alkupala (fi), alkuruoka (fi)
- French: amuse-gueule (fr), garniture d'apéritif, entrée (fr) f
- Georgian: please add this translation if you can
- German: Appetithappen, Schnapsleckerbissen, Vorspeise (de) f
- Greek: ορεκτικό (el) n (orektikó)
- Italian: aperitivo (it) m, stuzzichino (it) m, antipasto (it) m (starter)
- Japanese: アペタイザー (apetaizā), 前菜 (ぜんさい, zensai)
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- Kabuverdianu: bafu, bófe
- Korean: 전채 (jeonchae), 애피타이저 (ko) (aepitaijeo)
- Latin: gustātiō f
- Maori: kūmamatanga, whakapūwharu
- Persian: پیشغذا (fa) (piš-ğazâ)
- Polish: zakąska (pl) f
- Portuguese: aperitivo (pt) m, entrada (pt) f, dentinho m
- Russian: заку́ска (ru) f (zakúska), аперити́в (ru) m (aperitív)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Roman: predjelo (sh) n
- Spanish: aperitivo (es) m, antojito m (Mexico), boca (es) f (Costa Rica), boquitas f pl (Central America), bocadito m (Ecuador, Peru), botana (es) f (Mexico), pasaboca (es) m (Colombia), pasapalo m (Venezuela), picada (es) f (Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay), picadera f (Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico), picadito m (Bolivia), picaíto m (Cuba), picoteo (es) m (Chile), pincho (es) m (Northern Spain), piqueo (es) m (Ecuador), tapa (es) f (Spain standard usage)
- Tagalog: pamutat
- Thai: อาหารเรียกน้ำย่อย (aa-hǎan-rîiak-nám-yɔ̂i)
- malayalam:വിശപ്പുണ്ടാക്കി (viśappuṇṭākki)
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