Lunch

Noun

 * 1) A light meal usually eaten around midday, notably when not as main meal of the day.
 * 2)  A break in play between the first and second sessions.
 * 3)  Any small meal, especially one eaten at a social gathering.

Verb

 * 1) To eat lunch.

Adjectives for Lunch
well-balanced; belated; frugal; costly; convivial; substantial; suitable; abundant; half-wrapped; cold.

Adverbs for Lunch
frugally; convivially; substantially; abundantly; swiftly; fraternally; hospitably; gaity; appetizingly; insatiably.

Thesaurus
supper, tea, tea break, teatime, tiffin, wiener roast, wienie roast, TV dinner, alfresco meal, barbecue, board, break bread with, breakfast, brunch, buffet supper, clambake, coffee break, cook out, cookout, dine, dine out, diner, dinner, eat out, elevenses, fish fry, high tea, hot luncheon, luncheon, mash, meat breakfast, mess with, petit dejeuner, picnic, sup,

Etymology
Recorded since 1580; presumably short for luncheon, apparently an alteration from nuncheon, nonechenche "light mid-day meal", itself from none "noon" (from nonus) + schench "drink" (from  scenc, from scencan "pour out") and altered by northern English dialect lunch "hunk of bread or cheese" (1590), which probably is from  lonja "a slice" (literally "loin")

Derived terms

 * luncher
 * lunchroom
 * ladies who lunch
 * little lunch
 * playlunch

Related terms

 * luncheonette

Synonyms

 * (midday meal): luncheon

Noun

 * Arabic: (ğaðā’)
 * Armenian: լանչ (lanč)
 * Basque: bazkari
 * Breton: merenn
 * Bulgarian: обяд (objad)
 * Catalan:
 * Central Atlas Tamazight: allas
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 午飯, 午饭, 午餐
 * Czech:
 * Danish:, ,
 * Dutch: lunch,, (licht) middagmaal
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:
 * French: déjeuner, dîner ; lunch (more specific)
 * German: ,
 * Greek: ,
 * Hebrew: ארוחת צהריים
 * Hungarian:
 * Ido:
 * Interlingua: prandio
 * Inupiak:, qitiqquutaq


 * Irish:
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: 昼食 (ちゅうしょく, chūshoku)
 * Korean: 점심 (jeomsim)
 * Kurdish:
 * Kurmanji: firavîn
 * Sorani:
 * Latin:
 * Macedonian: ручек
 * Norwegian:
 * Nynorsk:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, второй завтрак
 * Serbian: ,
 * Sindhi: (manjhando)
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene:, ,
 * Spanish: almuerzo, comida
 * Swedish:, middag
 * Tagalog: tanghalian
 * Vietnamese: bữa ăn trưa, bữa trưa

Verb

 * Basque: bazkaldu
 * Breton: merennañ
 * Bulgarian: обядвам (objadvam)
 * Catalan:
 * Danish: spise, spise frokost
 * Dutch: middageten, dineren, lunchen
 * Estonian: lõunastama
 * Filipino: tanghalian
 * Finnish:
 * French: déjeuner, (more specific) luncher
 * German: zu Mittag essen, lunchen
 * Greek: γευματίζω


 * Hungarian:
 * Interlingua: prander, lunchar
 * Italian:
 * Kurdish:
 * Macedonian: руча
 * Polish: jeść obiad
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: prânzi
 * Russian:
 * Slovak: obedovať
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: äta lunch, luncha

Noun

 * 1) A lunch, meal around noon

Derived terms

 * lunchen (verb)
 * lunchtafel
 * lunchtijd
 * lunchuur

Related terms

 * brunchen (verb)
 * lunchroom

Etymology
From lunch, presumably short for luncheon, from nonechenche "light mid-day meal", itself from none "noon" (from  nonus) + schench "drink" (from  scenc, from scencan "pour out") and altered by northern English dialect lunch "hunk of bread or cheese" (1590), which probably is from  lonja "a slice" (literally "loin")

Noun

 * 1) A lunch, (usually light) meal around noon
 * 2) A light meal with sandwiches, cold cuts, pastry etc. served at a festive reception

Etymology
From lunch, presumably short for luncheon, from nonechenche "light mid-day meal", itself from none "noon" (from  nonus) + schench "drink" (from  scenc, from scencan "pour out") and altered by northern English dialect lunch "hunk of bread or cheese" (1590), which probably is from  lonja "a slice" (literally "loin")

Derived terms

 * luncher (verb)
 * lunchroom

Noun

 * 1) A lunch, meal eaten about noon