breakfast
To eat the morning mealTo eat the morning meal.
» It will soon be breakfast time.
Bald ist Frühstückszeit.
Скоро будет пора завтракать.
Скоро вже час снідати.
Meaning
2 senses(intransitive)To eat the morning meal.
May 14, 1689, Matthew Prior, epistle to Fleetwood Shephard Esq. First, sir, I read, and then I breakfast.
frühstücken
за́втракатьzávtrakatʹ, поза́втракатьpozávtrakatʹ
сні́датиsnídaty, посні́датиposnídaty
eat an early morning meal
(transitive)To serve breakfast to.
provide breakfast for
Examples
1907 sentencesIt will soon be breakfast time.
Скоро вже час снідати. — deniko
ruСкоро будет пора завтракать. — marafon
deBald ist Frühstückszeit. — Manfredo
Did you have breakfast this morning?
Ти снідав вранці? — deniko
ruТы завтракал сегодня утром? — marafon
deHast du heute Morgen gefrühstückt? — Pfirsichbaeumchen
I didn't have breakfast this morning.
Я сьогодні рано не снідав. — aandrusiak
ruЯ не завтракал сегодня утром. — Lenin_1917
deIch habe heute früh nicht gefrühstückt. — Manfredo
What would you like for breakfast?
Що б ти хотів на сніданок? — deniko
ruЧто бы вы хотели на завтрак? — Lenin_1917
deWas möchtest du zum Frühstück essen? — xtofu80
What do you want for breakfast?
Що ти хочеш на сніданок? — deniko
ruЧего ты хочешь на завтрак? — sharptoothed
deWas möchtest du zum Frühstück essen? — xtofu80
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English brekefast, brekefaste, equivalent to break + fast (literally, "to endFrom 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”).
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Forms
breakfasts, breakfasting, breakfasted, breakfasted| Base form | breakfast · to breakfast |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | breakfasts |
| Present participle | breakfasting |
| Past simple | breakfasted |
| Past participle | breakfasted |
regular · Lesson
Synonyms
1 synonymsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Daily routine — Because the lesson uses it
- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
Collocations
12 patterns- eat breakfast
- eggs for breakfast
- eat for breakfast
- walk before breakfast
- usually eat breakfast
- morning before breakfast
- breakfast every morning
- breakfast this morning
- skipped breakfast
- breakfast at seven
- make breakfast
- made breakfast for