dinner
/ˈdɪnə/ · noun
Meaning
- The main meal of the day, often eaten in the evening.
- An evening meal.
- A midday meal (in a context in which the evening meal is called supper or tea).
- A meal given to an animal.
- A formal meal for many people eaten for a special occasion.
- The food provided or consumed at any such meal.
- To eat a dinner; to dine.
- To provide (someone) with a dinner; to dine.
Etymology / origin
From Middle English dyner, from Old French disner (“lunch”, but originally “breakfast”), (modern French dîner), from Vulgar Latin *disiūnō, *disiūnāre from Latin dis- + iēiūnō (“to break the fast”).
- dis-(Latin)→
- *disiūnō(la-vul)→
- dîner(French)→
- disner(Old French)→
- dyner(Middle English)→
- *h₁yaǵ-(ine-pro)→
- dinner (English)
- Relations: root, inh, der, cog, der, der
Related words
Descendant words
- dinner(Chinese) (bor)
- dina(Hausa) (bor)
- ディナー(Japanese) (bor)
- tina(Māori) (bor)
- lidina(Swazi) (bor)
- ntìnël(Unami) (bor)
- idinala(Xhosa) (bor)
- dineare(Yola) (cog)
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