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Meaning of breakfast | Babel Free

Noun masculine CEFR A2 Frequent
ˈbɹɛk.fəst

Definitions

  1. To eat breakfast: We breakfasted on the terrace.
  2. first-person singular present indicative of desayunar
  3. A meal consisting of food normally eaten in the morning, which may typically include eggs, sausages, toast, bacon, etc.
    broadly, countable, uncountable
  4. To provide breakfast for.
  5. The celebratory meal served after a wedding (and occasionally after other solemnities e.g. a funeral).
    countable, uncountable
  6. the first meal of the day. What time do you serve breakfast?; I have coffee and toast at breakfast; I never eat breakfast. ontbyt فطور، وجبة الصباح закуска café da manhã snídaně das Frühstück morgenmad πρωινό γεύμα desayuno hommikusöök صبحانه aamiainen petit déjeuner אֲרוּחַת בּוֹקֵר नाश्ता doručak reggeli sarapan morgunverður colazione 朝食 아침 식사 pusryčiai brokastis sarapan pagi ontbijtfrokostśniadanie د سهار ډوډی pequeno-almoço mic dejun завтрак raňajky zajtrk doručak frukost อาหารเช้า kahval...
  7. A meal eaten after a period of (now often religious) fasting.
    countable, uncountable
  8. to have breakfast. They breakfasted on the train. ontbyt eet يتناول طعام الفطور закусвам tomar o café da manhã (po)snídat frühstücken spise morgenmad τρώω πρωινό desayunar, tomar el desayuno hommikut sööma صبحانه خوردن syödä aamiaista prendre le petit déjeuner לְאֶכוֹל אֲרוּחַת בּוֹקֵר नाश्ता करना doručkovati reggelizik makan pagi snæða morgunverð fare (la prima) colazione 朝食をとる 조반을 주다 pusryčiauti brokastot sarapan pagi ontbijtenspise frokost śniadać, jeść śniadanie د سهار ډوډی خوړل tomar o p...
  9. I'll deal with that at breakfast-time. ontbyttyd وقت الفطور време за закуска hora do café da manhã snídaně, čas kdy se snídá die Frühstückszeit tidligt om morgenen ώρα του πρωινού durante el desayuno hommikusöögiaeg موقع صبحانه aamiaisaika petit déjeuner זְמַן אֲרוּחַת בּוֹקֵר नाश्ते का समय vrijeme doručka reggeli ideje waktu sarapan morgunverðarstund ora di colazione 朝食時 아침 식사 시간 pusryčiai brokastlaiks masa bersarapan ontbijtfrokosttid czas śniadania د سهار د ډوډی وخت hora do pequeno-almoço ...
  10. desayuno.
  11. The first meal of the day, usually eaten in the morning.
  12. Informal Food traditionally consumed for breakfast, such as eggs or pancakes: We made breakfast for dinner.
    Informal
  13. the first meal of the day
  14. the food at this meal

Equivalents

Afrikaans brekfis oggendete ontbyt vroegstuk
العربية إفطار الإفطار فطر فطور
Azərbaycanca səhər yeməyi
བོད་སྐད ཚལ་མ
Bosanski fruštik
Català esmorzar
Čeština snídaně snídat
Dansk morgenmad
Euskara gosaldu gosari
Gàidhlig bracaist
Galego almorzar almorzo
ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi ʻaina kakahiaka
हिन्दी कलेवा नाश्ता
Hrvatski fruštik
Bahasa Indonesia menyarap sarap sarapan
日本語 朝御飯 朝食 朝食を摂る 朝飯
Lëtzebuergesch Kaffi
Lietuvių pusryčiai
Latviešu brokastis brokastot
Te Reo Māori parakuihi
मराठी नाष्टा
Bahasa Melayu bersarapan sarapan
မြန်မာဘာသာ နံနက်စာ
Română mic dejun
Slovenščina zajtrk zajtrkovati
Shqip mëngjes sille
Српски fruštik
Svenska frukost
Тоҷикӣ ношто
Türkmençe ertirlik
Tagalog agahan almusal
ئۇيغۇرچە ناشتا
Tiếng Việt ăn sáng bữa sáng

Examples

“You should put more protein in her breakfast so she will grow.”
“A ſorry Breakfaſt for my Lord Protector.”
“Peter, after the manner of man at the breakfast table, had allowed half his kedgeree to get cold and was sniggering over a letter. Sophia looked at him sharply. The only letter she had received was from her mother. Sophia’s mother was not a humourist.”
“We serve breakfast all day.”
“The wolves will get a breakfast by my death.”

CEFR level

A2
Elementary
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.
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