brunch

See also: Brunch

English

Etymology

Blend of breakfast +‎ lunch.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɹʌntʃ/, /bɹʌnʃ/

• Audio (UK)

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• Rhymes: -ʌntʃ

Noun

brunch (countable and uncountable, plural brunches)

1. A meal eaten later in the day than breakfast and earlier than lunch, and often consisting of typical foods from both of those meals.

Translations

a meal

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 早午餐 (zǎo wǔcān) (early lunch), 早中饭

• Esperanto: matenlunĉo
• Finnish: brunssi (fi)
• French: brunch (fr) m
• Georgian: გვიანი საუზმე (gviani sauzme), ბრანჩი (branči)
• German: Brunch (de) m
• Hebrew: בוהריים‎ (bohorayim)
• Hungarian: villásreggeli (hu)
• Icelandic: dögurður m, dagverður m, hábítur m, bröns m
• Italian: brunch m
• Japanese: ブランチ (ja) (buranchi)

• Korean: 브런치 (beureonchi)
• Latvian: vēlbrokastis f pl
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: brunsj m

  Nynorsk: brunsj m

• Portuguese: brunch m
• Romanian: brunch (ro) n
• Russian: бранч (ru) m (branč), по́здний за́втрак m (pózdnij závtrak)
• Spanish: brunch (es) m
• Swedish: brunch (sv) c, frunch (sv) c
• Welsh: brecinio m

Descendants

• → Danish: brunch
• → French: brunch
• → German: Brunch
• → Italian: brunch
• → Japanese: ブランチ (buranchi)
• → Portuguese: brunch
• → Romanian: brunch
• → Russian: бранч (branč)
• → Spanish: brunch
• → Swedish: brunch

Verb

brunch (third-person singular simple present brunches, present participle brunching, simple past and past participle brunched)

1. To eat brunch.

Further reading

• brunch on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Danish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English brunch.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /brɔnsj/, [ˈb̥ɹʌnɕ], [ˈb̥ʁʌnɕ]

Noun

brunch c (singular definite brunchen, plural indefinite bruncher)

1. brunch

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /brɔnˀsj/, [ˈb̥ɹʌnˀɕ], [ˈb̥ʁʌnˀɕ]

Verb

brunch

1. imperative of brunche

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbrʏnʃ/

• Audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: brunch

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English brunch.

Noun

brunch m (plural brunchen)

1. A brunch.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

brunch

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

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Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from English brunch.

Noun

brunch

1. (rare) brunch

Declension

Inflection of brunch (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		brunch	brunchit
genitive		brunchin	brunchien
partitive		brunchia	bruncheja
illative		brunchiin	bruncheihin
		singular	plural
nominative		brunch	brunchit
accusative	nom.	brunch	brunchit
	gen.	brunchin
genitive		brunchin	brunchien
partitive		brunchia	bruncheja
inessive		brunchissa	bruncheissa
elative		brunchista	bruncheista
illative		brunchiin	bruncheihin
adessive		brunchilla	bruncheilla
ablative		brunchilta	bruncheilta
allative		brunchille	bruncheille
essive		brunchina	bruncheina
translative		brunchiksi	bruncheiksi
instructive		—	brunchein
abessive		brunchitta	bruncheitta
comitative		—	bruncheineen

Possessive forms of brunch (type risti)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	brunchini	brunchimme
2nd person	brunchisi	brunchinne
3rd person	brunchinsa

Synonyms

• brunssi

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from English brunch.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʁœnʃ/

Noun

brunch m (plural brunches)

1. brunch

Related terms

• bruncher

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English brunch.

Noun

brunch m (invariable)

1. brunch

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English brunch.

Noun

brunch m (plural brunches)

1. brunch (meal eaten later than breakfast and earlier than lunch)

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English brunch.

Noun

brunch m (plural brunchs)

1. brunch