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dinner

Pronunciation: /ˈdɪnə/

The English word “dinner” has 8 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. The main meal of the day, often eaten in the evening.
  2. An evening meal.
  3. A midday meal (in a context in which the evening meal is called supper or tea).
  4. A meal given to an animal.
  5. A formal meal for many people eaten for a special occasion.
  6. The food provided or consumed at any such meal.

verb

  1. To eat a dinner.
  2. To provide (someone) with a dinner.

Etymology

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”).

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