lunch

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /lʌnt͡ʃ/, /lʌnʃ/, [lʌ̃nt͡ʃ]

Noun

lunch

1. A light meal usually eaten around midday, notably when not as main meal of the day.
2. (cricket) A break in play between the first and second sessions.
3. (Minnesota, US) 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.

Synonyms

• (midday meal) luncheon; nones (obsolete)

Translations

• French: déjeuner, dîner (Belgium), lunch (more specific)
• German: Mittagessen, Lunch
• Italian: pranzo, seconda colazione
• Portuguese: almoço
• Russian: обе́д
• Spanish: almuerzo (Latin America), comida (Spain), yanta (archaic)

Verb

lunch (lunches, present participle lunching; past and past participle lunched)

1. (intransitive) To eat lunch.

   I like to lunch in Italian restaurants.

   • 1934, Cole Porter, ''Miss Otis Regrets

     Miss Otis regrets she's unable to lunch today.

   • 1909, Frank Sidgwick, Love and battles (page 291)

     The gentleman had left for London after lunch. Yes, alone; but he had lunched in the hotel with a lady.

2. (transitive) To treat to lunch.

   • We dined him, we lunched him, we were photographed in his company by flashlight.

Related terms

• luncheonette

Translations

• French: déjeuner, prendre déjeuner, luncher (more specific)
• German: zu Mittag essen, lunchen, soupieren
• Italian: pranzare
• Portuguese: almoçar
• Russian: обе́дать
• Spanish: almorzar

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