merenda

See also: Merenda, and merendá

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese merenda, from Latin merenda. Cognate with Portuguese merenda, Spanish merienda, Italian merenda.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /meˈɾenda̝/

Noun

merenda f (plural merendas)

1. nuncheon; late afternoon snack
2. a light meal or snack had in between main meals
3. picnic

Derived terms

• merendar
• quitamerendas

References

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• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “merenda”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
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• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “merenda”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin merenda (“light evening meal”). Compare Galician and Portuguese merenda, Spanish merienda.

Noun

merenda f (plural merende)

1. snack (usually an afternoon snack)

   Synonym: spuntino

2. tea, break
3. picnic

   Synonym: picnic

Derived terms

• merendina
• merendero

Anagrams

• darmene

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Latin

Etymology

From mereō (“earn, deserve”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /meˈren.da/, [mɛˈrɛn̪d̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /meˈren.da/, [meˈrɛn̪d̪ä]

Noun

merenda f (genitive merendae); first declension

1. collation, light evening meal
2. a taste

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	merenda	merendae
genitive	merendae	merendārum
dative	merendae	merendīs
accusative	merendam	merendās
ablative	merendā	merendīs
vocative	merenda	merendae

Descendants

• Aromanian: mirindi
• Asturian: merienda
• Bourguignon: mairande
• Catalan: berena
• Dalmatian: marianda
• Franco-Provençal: marendar
• Friulian: mirinde
• Galician: merenda
• Istriot: marenda
• Italian: merenda
• Occitan: merenda

• Old French: marende
• Portuguese: merenda
• Romanian: merinde
• Romansch: marenda
  • German: Marend
• Sardinian: merenda
• Sicilian: mirenna
• Spanish: merienda
  • Moroccan Arabic: ميريندا
• Venetan: marenda
• Walloon: marinde

References

• “merenda”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• merenda in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “merenda”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “merenda”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
• “merenda”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese merenda, from Latin merenda (“light evening meal”).

Noun

merenda f (plural merendas)

1. a meal eaten by students in school
2. dunch (small meal between lunch and dinner)

   Synonym: lanche