dinner en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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”).
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) The main meal of the day, often eaten in the evening.
1993, Mark Berry as "King Harkinian", a character in Animation Magic, Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon, Philips Interactive Media (publ.). I wonder what's for dinner.
I had an early dinner because the breakfast in this hostel is superb.
I want to cook dinner.
2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)
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(countable, uncountable) An evening meal.
We're about to start dinner. Phone again later.
Do I have to change for dinner?
I had some friends to dinner two nights ago.
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(countable, uncountable) A midday meal (in a context in which the evening meal is called supper or tea).
At twilight in the summer[…]the mice come out. They[…]eat the luncheon crumbs. Mr. Checkley, for instance, always brought his dinner in a paper parcel in his coat-tail pocket, and ate it when so disposed, sprinkling crumbs lavishly[…]on the floor.
1892, Walter Besant, “In the Office”, in The Ivory Gate […], New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], →OCLC, page 45:It was already late for school, so the boy took his time and only arrived in the village when Heidi came home for dinner. […] "Come to the table now and eat with us. Then you can go up with Heidi, and when you bring her back at night, you can get your supper here."
1919, Elisabeth P. Stork (translator), Heidi, Johanna Spyrihttp://www.gutenberg.org/files/20781/20781-h/20781-h.htmBreakfast was composed of a meal which reminded me of a linseed poultice; for dinner there were potatoes boiled in their jackets with beef saltier than the ocean itself. [...] Tea was something like breakfast.
1933, Frank Clune, Try Anything Once, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 38:
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(countable, uncountable) A meal given to an animal.
Give the dog its dinner.
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(countable, uncountable) A formal meal for many people eaten for a special occasion.
When I gave a dinner there was generally a cover laid for him. I liked the man for his own sake, and even had he promised to turn out a celebrity it would have had no weight with me.
1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter I, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC, page 2:Soon after the arrival of Mrs. Campbell, dinner was announced by Abboye. He came into the drawing room resplendent in his gold-and-white turban. […] His cummerbund matched the turban in gold lines.
1927, F. E. Penny, chapter 4, in Pulling the Strings:My family gathers twice a year, namely at Christmas and Thanksgiving dinners.
- (uncountable) The food provided or consumed at any such meal.
Forms
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Deriveds
dinner-party · dinner shirt · idea dinner · dinnery · dinner jacket · dinner fork · dinnerlike · life-dinner principle · Reagan dinner · dinner-jacketed · after-dinner speech · postdinner · roast dinner · dinnerette · dinnerwear · dinnerwards · progressive dinner · Jefferson-Jackson dinner · after-dinner · dinner man · full-course dinner · dinner roll · TV dinner · dinnerplate · dinner hour · bachelor dinner · dinner camp · duck dinner · dinner table · dinner lady · Burns dinner · dinner salad · school dinner · dinner dress · scramble dinner · dinnerware · dinner service · dinnermate · frozen dinner · dinner-card · dinner-table · all duck or no dinner · done like a dinner · dinner party · a revolution is not a dinner party · dinner theater · Sunday dinner · dinner wagon · potluck dinner · dinner room · rehearsal dinner · boiled dinner · girl dinner · Russian dinner · ding dinner · dinnertime · dinner-goer · dinnertini · Javanese dinner · dinner-time · dinner time · dinnerless · predinner · dinner suit · doggy dinner bowl look · duck or no dinner · dinner-hour · school dinner lady · dinner plate · dinner knife · Lincoln-Reagan dinner · school-dinner lady · dinner pill · brinner · candlelit dinner · Trafalgar Night dinner · lunner · candlelight dinner · dressed up like a dog's dinner · basket dinner · dinner bell · bedinner · wild onion dinner · Lincoln dinner · dinner dance · dump dinner · done up like a dog's dinner · linner · dunch · shore dinner · dinner ring · dinnerly · dinner theatre · bachelor's dinner · dog's dinner · hand in one's dinner pail · Jiggs dinner · Christmas dinner
Descendants
Dinner · dinner · idinala · tina · lidina · ディナー · dina · ntìnël
Relateds
deipno- (combinatorial form) · dine · deipnophobia (fear of)
Synonyms
feast (formal meal for many people eaten at a special occasion) · luncheon (formal meal for many people eaten at a special occasion) · chow (meal given to an animal) · tea (an evening meal) · supper (an evening meal) · banquet (formal meal for many people eaten at a special occasion) · lunch (midday meal) · luncheon (midday meal)
Translations (265)
de Fressen (a meal given to an animal) · bg банке́т (a formal meal) · sq miesdit (midday meal) · hi दावत (a formal meal) · vi bữa chiều (midday meal) · sh obed (midday meal) · nl avondmaaltijd (evening meal) · sl banket (a formal meal) · ca banquet (a formal meal) · gd dìnnear (evening meal) · bn হাজরি (evening meal) · gan 昼飯 (midday meal) · cs krmení (a meal given to an animal) · sc chena (evening meal) · bn বড় হাজরি (midday meal) · es almuerzo (midday meal) · fi illallinen (evening meal) · da middag (midday meal) · pdt Owentkost (evening meal) · it pranzo (midday meal) · gv jinnair (evening meal) · grc δεῖπνον (evening meal) · bn হাজরি (midday meal) · nl diner (a formal meal) · cmn 晚飯 /晚饭 (evening meal) · ba аҙыҡ (a meal given to an animal) · cy cinio (midday meal) · dsb wjacerja (evening meal) · ro dineu (a formal meal) · sh вѐчера (evening meal) · sid hurbaate (evening meal) · wal kahuwa (evening meal) · bg вече́ря (evening meal) · sc cena (evening meal) · sh ручак (midday meal) · fi lounas (midday meal) · cs žrádlo (a meal given to an animal) · sl kosilo (midday meal) · ro nutreț (a meal given to an animal) · sl hrana (a meal given to an animal) · nl eten (evening meal) · yi וועטשערע (evening meal) · fur cene (evening meal) · aii ܐ݇ܟ݂ܵܠ݇ܪܲܡܫܵܐ (evening meal) · aeb غدَا (midday meal) · sh обед (midday meal) · nl lunch (midday meal) · hu ebéd (midday meal) · hsb wječer (evening meal) · nah tlemōlli īca yōlcatl (a meal given to an animal) · sk večera (evening meal) · sh vèčera (evening meal) · af dinee (evening meal) · az abed (midday meal) · ru обе́д (a formal meal) · ka სადილი (midday meal) · cy swper (evening meal) · bn বড় হাজরি (evening meal) · bg о́бед (midday meal) · cmn 晚餐 (evening meal) · hi भोजन (evening meal) · nl avondeten (evening meal) · rup tsinã (evening meal) · tr akşam yemeği (evening meal) · zza şami (diq) (evening meal) · nb middag (midday meal) · pt ceia (evening meal) · arz عشا (evening meal) · ro cină (evening meal) · ja 晩餐 (a formal meal) · ru еда́ (a meal given to an animal) · ba төшкө аш (midday meal) · ru банке́т (a formal meal) · nv eʼeʼáahgo daʼadánígíí (evening meal) · ro prânz (midday meal) · lv vakariņas (evening meal) · mt pranzu (midday meal) · cy cinio (evening meal) · enm dyner (midday meal) · jv mangan bengi (evening meal) · om irbaata (evening meal) · ro banchet (a formal meal) · ja 正餐 (a formal meal) · nah cochcayotl (evening meal) · jv jinnair (evening meal) · nl avondmaal (evening meal) · io dineo (evening meal) · de Abendessen (evening meal) · cmn 午餐 (midday meal) · ko 정찬 (a formal meal) · es cena (evening meal) · da middag (evening meal) · hy ճաշ (midday meal) · de Dinner (a formal meal) · pt banquete (a formal meal) · pms sin-a (evening meal) · el δείπνο (a formal meal) · rsk полудзенок (midday meal) · ga dinnéar (midday meal) · oc dinnar (midday meal) · txb yesti (evening meal) · la cēna (evening meal) · az günorta yeməyi (midday meal) · fi päivällinen (a formal meal) · rgn zéna (evening meal) · se mállásat (evening meal) · ar غَدَاء (midday meal) · aeb فْطُورْ نُصِّ النّْهَارْ (midday meal) · be вячэ́ра (evening meal) · fi päivällinen (evening meal) · acw غدا (midday meal) · pt janta (evening meal) · mk ручек (midday meal) · wa soper (evening meal) · arz غدا (midday meal) · nn middag (midday meal) · cs oběd (a formal meal) · hi रात का भोजन (evening meal) · bn হাজরি (a formal meal) · pt ração (a meal given to an animal) · hu vacsora (evening meal) · gl xantar (midday meal) · cs šlichta (a meal given to an animal) · cs večeře (evening meal) · acw عشا (evening meal) · uk обі́д (midday meal) · bn বড় হাজরি (a formal meal) · it cena (evening meal) · ps ماښامنۍ (evening meal) · ru у́жин (evening meal) · bn দাওয়াত (a formal meal) · af middagmaal (evening meal) · de Dinner (evening meal) · pl obiad (midday meal) · lmo zèna (evening meal) · ko 저녁 (evening meal) · mt ċena (evening meal) · scn cena (evening meal) · lt jovalas (a meal given to an animal) · ro masă de amiază (midday meal) · ca cena (evening meal) · mn оройн хоол (evening meal) · mhn tschai' (evening meal) · fi illallinen (a formal meal) · de Mittagessen (midday meal) · ga dinnéar (evening meal) · pt prândio (a formal meal) · eu afari (evening meal) · pl obiad (evening meal) · nl voer (a meal given to an animal) · ro masă de seară (evening meal) · rif amensi (evening meal) · eo vespermanĝo (evening meal) · hi भोजन (a formal meal) · be абе́д (midday meal) · sk obed (midday meal) · vi bữa tối (evening meal) · el δείπνο (evening meal) · az nahar (midday meal) · ja 昼飯 (midday meal) · nl middagmaal (midday meal) · hi खाना (evening meal) · lt pietūs (midday meal) · el γεύμα (midday meal) · ca dinar (midday meal) · hy ճաշ (a formal meal) · nl middagmaaltijd (midday meal) · zza sami (diq) (evening meal) · pt almoço (midday meal) · lv pusdienas (midday meal) · pt jantar (evening meal) · aeb عشَا (evening meal) · he אֲרוּחַת עֶרֶב (evening meal) · sl večerja (evening meal) · aii ܟܵܘܸܬܪܵܐ (midday meal) · km អាហារថ្ងៃត្រង់ (midday meal) · is kvöldmatur (evening meal) · ga dinnéar (a formal meal) · ko 만찬 (a formal meal) · ka სადილი (evening meal) · mi hapa (evening meal) · ca sopar (evening meal) · mn өдрийн хоол (midday meal) · pl bankiet (a formal meal) · uk вече́ря (evening meal) · ja 夕食 (evening meal) · mn цайллага (a formal meal) · arz عشا (evening meal) · gan 夜飯 /夜饭 (evening meal) · ar عَشَاء (evening meal) · fa-ira شام (evening meal) · izh iltain (evening meal) · haw ʻaina ahiahi (evening meal) · grc δόρπον (evening meal) · el κύριο γεύμα (evening meal) · el γεύμα (a formal meal) · km បាយថ្ងៃត្រង់ (midday meal) · ang middægþenung (evening meal) · sq drekë (midday meal) · ru обе́д (midday meal) · he אֲרוּחַת צׇהֳרַיִם (midday meal) · sq darkë (evening meal) · ltg vakareņis (evening meal) · yol dineare (evening meal) · ko 점심 (midday meal) · fr souper (Cajun) (evening meal) · fr déjeuner (midday meal) · sv middag (evening meal) · mn үдийн хоол (midday meal) · el μεσημεριανό (midday meal) · ur عِشائِیَہ (a formal meal) · hi भोज (midday meal) · el βραδινό (evening meal) · az şam (evening meal) · ca menjar (a meal given to an animal) · mn амьтны хоол (a meal given to an animal) · sh ručak (midday meal) · sl večerja (a formal meal) · kmr şîv (evening meal) · cs oběd (midday meal) · tl hapunan (evening meal) · ja 昼食 (midday meal) · fi ruoka (a meal given to an animal) · fr dîner (evening meal) · da aftensmad (evening meal) · vi bữa xế (midday meal) · sl obed (midday meal) · hi भोज (a formal meal) · lt ėdalas (a meal given to an animal) · hi खाना (midday meal) · hi दावत (midday meal) · cmn 午飯 /午饭 (midday meal) · hi भोजन (midday meal) · rm tschaina (evening meal) · lt vakarienė (evening meal) · ms makan malam (evening meal) · oc sopar (evening meal) · ru корм (a meal given to an animal) · mn оройн зоог (evening meal) · es banquete (a formal meal) · yue 晚飯 /晚饭 (evening meal) · mi tina (midday meal) · lij çenn-a (evening meal) · ru у́жин (a formal meal) · nl middageten (midday meal) · cs večeře (a formal meal) · pl kolacja (evening meal) · mn дайллага (a formal meal) · az axşam yeməyi (evening meal) · el τροφή (a meal given to an animal) · sl južina (evening meal) · enm soper (evening meal) · bg хра́нене (a meal given to an animal) · hy ճաշ (evening meal) · gl xantar (a formal meal) · mk вечера (evening meal) · cmn 正餐 (a formal meal) · ckb شێو (evening meal) · de Futter (a meal given to an animal) · hi भोज (evening meal) · fi päivällinen (midday meal) · gl cea (evening meal) · af aandete (evening meal) · lld cëina (evening meal) · fr dîner (midday meal)