🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

Essen

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ˈɛsən

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Manger/mɑ̃ʒe/
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Ich esse einen Apfel."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To consume food.

    "I usually eat breakfast at 8 AM."
  2. 2

    To take in nourishment.

    "The children eat their lunch at school."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'manger' originates from the Old French 'mangier', which itself comes from the Latin 'manducare', meaning 'to chew'. Over time, it evolved in usage to refer specifically to the act of consuming food.

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