mealtime

English

Etymology

From Middle English meeltime, from Old English mǣltīma (“mealtime”), equivalent to meal +‎ time. Compare mealtide, Old English mǣltīd (“mealtime”), Dutch maaltijd (“meal”), German Mahlzeit (“meal, mealtime”), Danish måltid (“meal, mealtime”), Icelandic máltíð (“meal”), Icelandic matmálstími (“mealtime”).

Noun

mealtime (plural mealtimes)

1. The appointed time at which a meal is served or eaten.

   My youngest son has a special cry for mealtimes.

Hyponyms

• breakfast time, lunchtime, teatime, dinnertime, suppertime

Translations

time at which a meal is eaten

• Bulgarian: време за хранене n (vreme za hranene)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 進餐時間／进餐时间 (jìncān shíjiān)

• Dutch: etenstijd (nl) m
• Finnish: ruoka-aika (fi)
• Mòcheno: molzait f
• Nahuatl: tlacualizpan
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: mål (no) n, måltid (no) n

• Russian: please add this translation if you can