lunch
A light meal usually eaten around midday, notably when not as main meal of the dayA light meal usually eaten around midday, notably when not as main meal of the day.
» Do you remember buying me lunch?
Пам'ятаєш, що ти платив за мій обід? — deniko
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
4 senses(countable, uncountable)A light meal usually eaten around midday, notably when not as main meal of the day.
Mittagessen, Lunch
обе́дobéd, второ́й за́втракvtorój závtrak, ланчlanč
обі́дobíd, ланчlanč
a midday meal
(countable, uncountable)A break in play between the first and second sessions.
(US, countable, uncountable)Any small meal, especially one eaten at a social gathering.
After the funeral there was a lunch for those who didn't go to the cemetery.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)A thin piece or hunk (of bread, meat, etc.)
Examples
3122 sentencesDo you remember buying me lunch?
Пам'ятаєш, що ти платив за мій обід? — deniko
Why don't we have lunch together?
Чому б нам не пообідати разом? — Oheto
ruПочему бы нам не пообедать вместе? — Selena777
Where will you have lunch today?
Де ти сьогодні обідатимеш? — deniko
ruГде ты сегодня обедаешь? — Biga
deWo isst du heute zu Mittag? — Pfirsichbaeumchen
What do you want for lunch?
Що ти хочеш на обід? — deniko
ruЧто ты хочешь на обед? — afyodor
deWas willst du zum Mittagessen? — MUIRIEL
She didn't feel like eating lunch.
Їй не хотілося обідати. — deniko
ruЕй не хотелось обедать. — al_ex_an_der
deIhr war nicht nach Mittagessen. — samueldora
Translations
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Origin
Recorded since 1580 in the sense “piece, hunk”. The word luncheon with the same meaning isRecorded since 1580 in the sense “piece, hunk”. The word luncheon with the same meaning is presumably an extension on the pattern of puncheon (“cask”) and truncheon (“cudgel”). But earliest found forms of luncheon include lunshin and lunching, which are equivalent to lunch + -ing, with the suffix -ing possibly later modified to imitate a French origin.
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Forms
plural: lunchesSynonyms
4 synonymsWord family
53 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A1Daily routine — Because the lesson uses it
- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
12 patterns- eat lunch
- eat lunch with
- to eat lunch
- eat lunch at
- have lunch with
- usually eat lunch
- eat lunch together
- sandwich for lunch
- lunch together
- out for lunch
- eat for lunch
- will eat lunch