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10 Language-to-English Dictionaries昼食
Pronunciation / Transliteration: chūshoku
"彼女と一緒に昼食を食べました。"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A meal eaten in the middle of the day.
"We met at a nice little café downtown for lunch."
- 1
To eat lunch.
"They love to lunch together on Fridays."
Thesaurus & Semantic Spectrum
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the 16th-century English word 'lunch', a shortened form of 'luncheon', which itself likely originated from the northern English dialect word 'lunket' meaning a slice of bread or a thick piece of food. Over time, it evolved from referring to a snack or hunk of food into the standard term for the midday meal.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Lunch" is said worldwide
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déjeuner
Transliteration: /de.ʒœ.ne/
"Nous prenons le déjeuner à midi."
Mittagessen
Transliteration: /ˈmɪtaːkˌʔɛsn̩/
"Das Mittagessen war sehr lecker."
pranzo
Transliteration: /ˈprant.tsɔ/
"Cosa c'è per pranzo oggi?"
almuerzo
Transliteration: /alˈmwɛɾ.θo/
"Comemos el almuerzo a la una."
almoço
Transliteration: /alˈmo.su/
"Vamos almoçar juntos hoje."
दोपहर का खाना
Transliteration: dopahar ka khana
"हम दोपहर का खाना एक साथ खाते हैं।"
午餐
Transliteration: wǔcān
"我们在餐厅吃了午餐。"
점심
Transliteration: jeomsim
"점심으로 무엇을 먹겠습니까?"
昼食
Transliteration: chūshoku
"彼女と一緒に昼食を食べました。"
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