🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

menaje de picnic

Pronunciation / Transliteration: menaixe de piknik

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Picnic-ware/ˈpɪk.nɪkˌwɛər/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #25400 frequency
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"Guarda el menaje de picnic en la cesta."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    Utensils, plates, cups, baskets, and other equipment designed specifically for use on a picnic or outdoor meal.

    "They packed the durable picnic-ware into a wicker basket before heading to the park."
  2. 2

    Lightweight, often shatterproof tableware suitable for outdoor eating and traveling.

    "The family invested in a set of melamine picnic-ware for their summer camping trips."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term is a compound formed from 'picnic', originating from the French 'pique-nique' (combining 'piquer' meaning to pick or peck, and 'nique' meaning a trifle), and the Germanic suffix '-ware', denoting manufactured articles or goods of a specific type. It emerged in modern English to classify utensils, baskets, plates, and containers specifically designed or designated for outdoor dining.

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