brekefast

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Middle English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

brekefaste, breffast, brekkffast

Etymology[edit]

From breken +‎ fast.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ˈbrɛːkfast/, /ˈbrɛkfast/

Noun[edit]

brekefast

(Late Middle English) breakfast (a meal consumed at the beginning of the day)

Descendants[edit]

English: breakfast
- → Afrikaans: brekfis
- → Irish: bricfeasta
- → Maori: parakuihi
- → Scottish Gaelic: bracaist
- → Portuguese: brequefeste, brequefesta
- → Welsh: brecwast
Scots: brekfast
Yola: brekvast

References[edit]

“brēke-faste, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-10.

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