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brunch en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /bɹʌnt͡ʃ/
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /bɹʌnʃ/

Etymology

Blend of breakfast + lunch. Attested from 1895 in British English and from 1930 in the United States.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) A meal eaten later in the day than breakfast and earlier than lunch, often in a leisurely, festive, and/or social way, and often consisting of typical foods from both of those meals.
    • Let's do brunch sometime at the salad bar!
    • I discovered a meal between breakfast and brunch. April 15 1993, Adam I. Lapidus, “The Front”, in Rich Moore, director, The Simpsons, season 4, episode 19, spoken by Homer Simpson (Dan Castellaneta):
    • I normally have brunch at the café next to work.
    • Feeling a bit peckish, Sandra made herself some brunch with the leftovers in her fridge.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
brunches Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

brunch word · brunchy · brunchtime · prebrunch

Descendants

brunch · brecinio · brunch · brunch · brunch · brunssi · bröns · brunch · brunch · brunch · בראָנטש · ბრანჩი · ブランチ · hansli · բրանչ · brunch · 早午餐 · бранч · Brunch · 브런치

Relateds

brinner · lupper · dinfast · linner · brupper · dunch

Translations (47)

th บรันช์ (a meal) · yi שפּעטער פֿרישטיק (a meal) · it pranzolazione (a meal) · sv brunch (a meal) · es brunch (a meal) · ru бранч (a meal) · de Brunch (a meal) · az qəlyanaltı (a meal) · he בוהריים (a meal) · fi brunssi (a meal) · ka ბრანჩი (a meal) · fr déjeuner dinatoire (a meal) · mr ब्रंच (a meal) · ko 브런치 (a meal) · yi בראָנטש (a meal) · is dagverður (a meal) · pl brunch (a meal) · hu rebéd (a meal) · fr grand petit-déjeuner (a meal) · it colapranzo (a meal) · pt brunch (a meal) · is bröns (a meal) · cmn 早午餐 (a meal) · eo matenlunĉo (a meal) · sv frunch (a meal) · it colanzo (a meal) · fr petit déjeuner-déjeuner (a meal) · fi aamulounas (a meal) · is hábítur (a meal) · fr brunch (a meal) · pt almoço (a meal) · ka გვიანი საუზმე (a meal) · da brunch (a meal) · fr déjeuner-diner (a meal) · it brunch (a meal) · nb brunsj (a meal) · lv vēlbrokastis (a meal) · is dögurður (a meal) · nn brunsj (a meal) · ro brunch (a meal) · cy brecinio (a meal) · cmn 早午飯 /早午饭 (a meal) · ro dejun (a meal) · hu villásreggeli (a meal) · fr déjeunette (a meal) · ru по́здний за́втрак (a meal) · ja ブランチ (a meal)

brunch en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /bɹʌnt͡ʃ/
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /bɹʌnʃ/

Etymology

Blend of breakfast + lunch. Attested from 1895 in British English and from 1930 in the United States.

Meanings

  1. To eat brunch.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
brunches Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
brunched Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
brunched Tense=Past lexicographic
brunching Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic