breakfast en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (UK) audio
- /ˈbɹɛk.fəst/
- /ˈbreɪkˌfɑːst/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈbɹeɪkˌfæst/ (General-American)
- (US) audio
Etymology
From Middle English brekefast, brekefaste, equivalent to break + fast (literally, "to end the nightly fast"), likely a variant of Old English fæstenbryċe, (literally, "fast-breach"). Cognate with Dutch breekvasten (“breakfast”).
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) The first meal of the day, usually eaten in the morning.
You should put more protein in her breakfast so she will grow.
I had an early dinner because the breakfast in this hostel is superb.
A ſorry Breakfaſt for my Lord Protector.
1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iv], page 125, column 2:His servant then flew like lightning and returned with a fine breakfast of wine and milk, and beautiful white bread and fruits, and such other things as little boys are fond of.
1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 293:Peter, after the manner of man at the breakfast table, had allowed half his kedgeree to get cold and was sniggering over a letter. Sophia looked at him sharply. The only letter she had received was from her mother. Sophia’s mother was not a humourist.
1921, Ben Travers, A Cuckoo in the Nest, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1925, →OCLC:
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(broadly, countable, uncountable) A meal consisting of food normally eaten in the morning, which may typically include eggs, sausages, toast, bacon, etc.
We serve breakfast all day.
- (countable, uncountable) The celebratory meal served after a wedding (and occasionally after other solemnities e.g. a funeral).
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(countable, qualifier:largely obsolete outside religion, uncountable) A meal eaten after a period of (now often religious) fasting.
The wolves will get a breakfast by my death.
1684, John Dryden, “Amaryllis”, in Miscellany Poems:
Forms
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Deriveds
brekker · New York breakfast · breakfast tea · Mexican breakfast · Breakfast Creek · breakfastware · breakfast juice · dingo's breakfast · full English breakfast · breakfast cereal · champagne breakfast · breakfast poutine · breakfast in bed · full breakfast · breakfast-mate · breakfastlike · brunch · bed and breakfast · Olympic breakfast · breakfastless · breakfast burrito · breakfaster · breakfasty · bed-and-breakfast transaction · power breakfast · breakfastcup · bed-and-breakfast · breakfast stout · builder's breakfast · eat for breakfast · breakfast bar · English breakfast · breakfast club · blunch · lumberjack breakfast · bruncheon · bushman's breakfast · breakfast potatoes · American breakfast · pig's breakfast · eat someone for breakfast · breakfast milk · breakfastwards · brupper · breakfast television · full Irish breakfast · deskfast · continental breakfast · bed-and-breakfast deal · duck's breakfast · breakfast-equipage · breakfast set · wedding breakfast · breakfast tray · brinner · postbreakfast · Irish breakfast tea · breakfast wrap · cat's breakfast · English breakfast tea · second breakfast · Oslo breakfast · dog's breakfast · prebreakfast · midbreakfast · breakfast roll · full Scottish breakfast · all-day breakfast · breakfast sausage · breakfast of champions
Descendants
brishey trostey · bracaist · bris-thraisg · brequefesta · brekfis · brequefeste · parakuihi · bricfeasta · brecwast
Relateds
Translations (268)
ml പ്രാതൽ (first meal of the day) · ovd frukuost (first meal of the day) · sw chakula cha asubuhi (first meal of the day) · aeb دِجٌونِي m پْتِي (first meal of the day) · id sarapan (first meal of the day) · ur کَلیوا (first meal of the day) · nl ochtendmaal n or ochtendmaaltijd (first meal of the day) · nl inbeet n or inbijt (first meal of the day) · br dijuniñ (first meal of the day) · grc ἄριστον (first meal of the day) · gu પ્રાતરાશ (first meal of the day) · haw ʻaina kakahiaka (first meal of the day) · la ientāculum (first meal of the day) · pox prüpel (first meal of the day) · mvi アサムヌ (first meal of the day) · bo ཚལ་མ (first meal of the day) · sv frukost (first meal of the day) · kmr taştê (first meal of the day) · tg ношито (first meal of the day) · ka საუზმე (first meal of the day) · ko 아침밥 (first meal of the day) · ps ټپن (first meal of the day) · ur چاشْت (first meal of the day) · he ארוחת בוקר (first meal of the day) · mt brejkfast (first meal of the day) · nl petit déjeuner (first meal of the day) · pt desjejum (first meal of the day) · ivv riagen (first meal of the day) · af vroegkos (first meal of the day) · afb ريوق (first meal of the day) · sh frùštik (first meal of the day) · fr petit déjeuner (first meal of the day) · apc ترويقة (first meal of the day) · rsk фриштик (first meal of the day) · yoi 努むってぃぬいー (first meal of the day) · sw kifungua kinywa (first meal of the day) · be сняда́нак (first meal of the day) · et hommikueine (first meal of the day) · gl almorzo (first meal of the day) · acm ريّوگ (first meal of the day) · cy borefwyd (first meal of the day) · mwr कलेवौ (first meal of the day) · de Zmorgen (first meal of the day) · yi פֿרישטיק (first meal of the day) · ar فَطُور (first meal of the day) · kn ತಿಂಡಿ (first meal of the day) · izh murkina (first meal of the day) · kac jahpawt shat (first meal of the day) · mwr नास्तौ (first meal of the day) · th ข้าวเช้า (first meal of the day) · lo ເຂົ້າເຊົ້າ (first meal of the day) · tg ношто (first meal of the day) · ckb بەرچای (first meal of the day) · gu નહારી (first meal of the day) · sk fruštik (first meal of the day) · ang morgenmete (first meal of the day) · fi aamiainen (first meal of the day) · el πρόγευμα (first meal of the day) · roa-gal déjun (first meal of the day) · wal qan"iya (first meal of the day) · ary فطور (first meal of the day) · be сняда́нне (first meal of the day) · ht dejene (first meal of the day) · ayn صبوح (first meal of the day) · fi aamupala (first meal of the day) · is morgunmatur (first meal of the day) · sv frulle (brekkie) (first meal of the day) · ur ناشْتا (first meal of the day) · cs snídaně (first meal of the day) · pl śniadanie (first meal of the day) · mfe nasta (first meal of the day) · te ప్రాతఃకాల (first meal of the day) · ca esmorzar (first meal of the day) · mk појадок (first meal of the day) · lt pusryčiai (first meal of the day) · zza ara (diq) (first meal of the day) · se iđitbiebmu (first meal of the day) · khb ᦃᧁᧉᦋᧁᧉ (first meal of the day) · bho नाश्ता (first meal of the day) · sw staftahi (first meal of the day) · tl agahan (first meal of the day) · wym mügjaasa (first meal of the day) · be сне́данне (first meal of the day) · apc فطور (first meal of the day) · tyv эртенги чем (first meal of the day) · my နံနက်စာ (first meal of the day) · vi bữa sáng (first meal of the day) · es desayuno (first meal of the day) · km បាយពេលព្រឹក (first meal of the day) · se iđitborramuš (first meal of the day) · it colazione (first meal of the day) · tk ertirlik (first meal of the day) · ga cuid na maidine (first meal of the day) · rm ensolver (first meal of the day) · ar إِفْطَار (first meal of the day) · yue 早餐 (first meal of the day) · gu નાસ્તો (first meal of the day) · af vroegstuk (first meal of the day) · osa kaasį́exci wanǫ́bre (first meal of the day) · sw kiamsha kinywa (first meal of the day) · ce марта (first meal of the day) · ia jentaculo (first meal of the day) · et hommikusöök (first meal of the day) · ja 朝食 (first meal of the day) · sl zajtrk (first meal of the day) · egy i-a-w-mw-r:Z1 (first meal of the day) · sa कल्यवर्त (first meal of the day) · ga bricfeasta (first meal of the day) · da morgenmad (first meal of the day) · io fru-dejuneto (first meal of the day) · sah сарсыардааҥы аһылык (first meal of the day) · hsb snědanje (first meal of the day) · sco disjune (first meal of the day) · st mofihlolo (first meal of the day) · ba иртәнге аш (first meal of the day) · pi pātarāsa (first meal of the day) · mwl almuorço (first meal of the day) · ug ناشتا (first meal of the day) · sh фру̀штик (first meal of the day) · af môrestuk (first meal of the day) · ta காலையுண்டி (first meal of the day) · yue 早飯 /早饭 (first meal of the day) · ky эртең мененки тамак (first meal of the day) · km បាតរាស (first meal of the day) · bn প্রাতরাশ (first meal of the day) · af brekfis (first meal of the day) · tr kahvaltı (first meal of the day) · ko 조식 (first meal of the day) · mt kolazzjon (first meal of the day) · nl ontbijt (first meal of the day) · hu reggeli (first meal of the day) · pt pequeno-almoço (first meal of the day) · ang undernmete (first meal of the day) · ajp فطور (first meal of the day) · sh до̀ручак (first meal of the day) · ltg reitiškys (first meal of the day) · izh suurus (first meal of the day) · kmr taşt (first meal of the day) · nn frukost (first meal of the day) · nrf dêjeuner (first meal of the day) · sk raňajky (first meal of the day) · nb frokost (first meal of the day) · eu gosari (first meal of the day) · eo matenmanĝo (first meal of the day) · ur نَہاری (first meal of the day) · gu છોટાહાઝરી (first meal of the day) · mk доручек (first meal of the day) · dlm prinz (first meal of the day) · km អាហារពេលព្រឹក (first meal of the day) · ko 아침 (first meal of the day) · ms sarapan (first meal of the day) · sq sillë (first meal of the day) · br lein (first meal of the day) · prs نَانِ صُبْح (first meal of the day) · nl vroegkost n or vroekost (first meal of the day) · acw فَطور (first meal of the day) · gu હાજરી (first meal of the day) · uz nonushta (first meal of the day) · th อาหารเช้า (first meal of the day) · nl breekvasten (first meal of the day) · ga béile maidine (first meal of the day) · pox pridĕbedĕ (first meal of the day) · az səhər yeməyi (first meal of the day) · es parva (first meal of the day) · mr नाष्टा (first meal of the day) · de Frühstück (first meal of the day) · bn নাস্তা (first meal of the day) · ps سهارنۍ (first meal of the day) · kn ನಾಷ್ಟಾ (first meal of the day) · ko 조반 (first meal of the day) · nrf déjunaïr (first meal of the day) · fa-ira صُبْحانِه (first meal of the day) · st dijo tsa hoseng (first meal of the day) · kac jahpot shat (first meal of the day) · pt mata-bicho (first meal of the day) · cmn 早飯 /早饭 (first meal of the day) · prs چَایِ صُبْح (first meal of the day) · shn ၶဝ်ႈၼႂ် (first meal of the day) · pt café da manhã (first meal of the day) · sa प्रातराश (first meal of the day) · km បាយព្រឹក (first meal of the day) · lld gusté (first meal of the day) · ur ناشْتَہ (first meal of the day) · uz nahorlik (first meal of the day) · is morgunverður (first meal of the day) · la prandium (first meal of the day) · nan-hbl 早起頓 /早起顿 (first meal of the day) · mt fatra (first meal of the day) · io dejuneto (first meal of the day) · gu શિરામણ (first meal of the day) · cy brecwast (first meal of the day) · fr déjeuner (first meal of the day) · bg заку́ска (first meal of the day) · uk сніда́нок (first meal of the day) · ky эртем (first meal of the day) · el πρωινό (first meal of the day) · ga céadphroinn (first meal of the day) · fo morgunmatur (first meal of the day) · gu કલવો (first meal of the day) · bn ছোট হাজরি (first meal of the day) · hi नाश्ता (first meal of the day) · he אֲרוּחָת בֹּקֶר (first meal of the day) · pam abakan (first meal of the day) · gu ઉપાહાર (first meal of the day) · hu früstök (first meal of the day) · ang underngereord (first meal of the day) · ro mic dejun (first meal of the day) · clt mawsaa (first meal of the day) · mww pluag tshais (first meal of the day) · mfe ti-dezene (first meal of the day) · fa-ira چاشْت (first meal of the day) · it prima colazione (first meal of the day) · nl morgeneten (first meal of the day) · dsb fryštuka (first meal of the day) · ko 아침 식사 (first meal of the day) · de Morgenessen (first meal of the day) · hi कलेवा (first meal of the day) · mhx ne, xe: (first meal of the day) · gu નાશ્તો (first meal of the day) · mg sakafo maraina (first meal of the day) · nan-hbl 早頓 /早顿 (first meal of the day) · mi parakuihi (first meal of the day) · kl ullaakkorsiutit (first meal of the day) · sco brakfast (first meal of the day) · oc dejunar (first meal of the day) · af oggendete (first meal of the day) · nan-hbl 早起 (first meal of the day) · kk таңертеңгі ас (first meal of the day) · sq mëngjes (first meal of the day) · gu ચાશ્ત (first meal of the day) · gd bracaist (first meal of the day) · ja 朝御飯 (first meal of the day) · nv abínígo daʼadánígíí (first meal of the day) · aeb فطور صباح (first meal of the day) · nl ochtendeten (first meal of the day) · mn өглөөний хоол (first meal of the day) · oj gigizhebaa-wiisiniwin (first meal of the day) · prs نَاشْتَا (first meal of the day) · arz فطار (first meal of the day) · sk frištuk (first meal of the day) · fy moarnsiten (first meal of the day) · mhn schelver (first meal of the day) · dsb snědanje (first meal of the day) · bcl pamahaw (first meal of the day) · fa-ira ناشْتا (first meal of the day) · tl almusál (first meal of the day) · hy նախաճաշ (first meal of the day) · tg чошт (first meal of the day) · is árbítur (first meal of the day) · af ontbyt (first meal of the day) · ja 朝飯 (first meal of the day) · grc ἀκράτισμα (first meal of the day) · sh dòručak (first meal of the day) · nl morgenmaal n or morgenmaaltijd (first meal of the day) · sk frištik (first meal of the day) · lb Kaffi (first meal of the day) · rue фры́штик (first meal of the day) · ast almuerzu (first meal of the day) · alt эртен турадагы ажаныш (first meal of the day) · lv brokastis (first meal of the day) · alt завтрак (first meal of the day) · fy brea-iten (first meal of the day) · ale zaavtrikax̂ (first meal of the day) · nl vroegstuk (first meal of the day) · ru за́втрак (first meal of the day) · ml പ്രഭാത ഭക്ഷണം (first meal of the day) · cmn 早餐 (first meal of the day) · lo ອາຫານເຊົ້າ (first meal of the day)