dinner

CEFRA1

/ˈdɪnə/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    The main meal of the day, usually eaten in the evening.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A midday meal (in a context in which the evening meal is called supper or tea).

Examples

  • During summer breaks, I ate dinner at midnight.

  • Will you have dinner with me tonight?

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /ˈdɪnːa/
  • /ˈɖɪnːə(ɾ)/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. An evening meal.

  2. The main meal of the day, often eaten in the evening.

  3. A meal given to an animal.

More examples

In context

  • You can't be hungry. You've just had dinner.

  • I had an early dinner because the breakfast in this hostel is superb.

  • I had some friends to dinner two nights ago.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

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”).