mealtime

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English meeltime, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] 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.

Hyponyms

• breakfast time, lunchtime, teatime, dinnertime, suppertime

Translations

time at which a meal is eaten

• Chinese:

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• Dutch: etenstijd (nl) m
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• Finnish: ruoka-aika (fi)
• Nahuatl: tlacualizpan
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