dinner

Definitions

1. The main meal of the day, often eaten in the evening.
   countable, uncountable
2. supper, dinner
3. An evening meal.
   countable, uncountable
4. third-person singular present indicative
5. A midday meal (in a context in which the evening meal is called supper or tea).
   countable, uncountable
6. second-person singular imperative
7. A meal given to an animal.
   countable, uncountable
8. A formal meal for many people eaten for a special occasion.
   countable, uncountable
9. The food provided or consumed at any such meal.
   uncountable

Equivalents

56 more languages

Afrikaansaandete

العربيةالعشاءعشاءغداء

Azərbaycan dilinaharşam

Беларускаяабедвячэра

Българскибанкетвечеряобедхра́нене+ 1 more

বাংলাদাওয়াতবড় হাজরিহাজরি

Bosanskicenacȉnačiniodinarhranajantarjužinakrmeniobedručaksamvečeraбанкетвечераобедручак+ 13 more

Catalàbanquetcenadinarmenjarsopar+ 2 more

ČeštinakrmeníobědŠlichtavečeřežrádlo+ 2 more

Cymraegcinioswper

Danskaftensmadmiddag

Ελληνικάβραδινόγεύμαδείπνομεσημεριανότραπέζιτροφή+ 3 more

Esperantovespermanĝo

Euskaraafari

Suomiillallineniltapäiväaterialounaspäivällinenruoka+ 2 more

Gaeilgedinnéar

Gàidhligcàldiathaddìnnear

Galegoalmorzoceaxantar

ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻiʻaina ahiahi

עבריתארוחת ערב

हिन्दीखानादावतभोजभोजन+ 1 more

Hrvatskicenacȉnačiniodinarhranajantarjužinakrmeniobedručaksamvečeraбанкетвечераобедручак+ 13 more

Magyarebédvacsoravacsorázik

Հայերենճաշ

Bahasa Indonesiamakan malam

Íslenskakvöldmatur

Italianocenacenarepranzo

日本語ばんごはんゆうげ夕ご飯夕食夕飯夜ご飯昼食昼飯晩御飯晩餉晩餐正餐+ 9 more

ქართულისადილი

ភាសាខ្មែរបាយថ្ងៃត្រង់អាហារថ្ងៃត្រង់

한국어만찬저녁저녁 식사저녁밥점심정찬+ 3 more

KurdîÇînadînarebedŞam+ 1 more

Latinacenavesper

Lietuviųpietūsvakarienė

Latviešupusdienasvakariņas

Te Reo Māorihapatina

Македонскивечераручек

Монголдайллагаоройн хоолөдрийн хоолцайллага+ 1 more

Bahasa Melayumakan malam

Maltiċenapranzu

Nederlandsavondetenavondmaalavondmaaltijddineretenlunchmiddagetenmiddagmaalmiddagmaaltijdvoer+ 7 more

Polskibankietkolacjaobiadobiadowy+ 1 more

Portuguêsalmoçobanqueteceiajantarprândioração+ 3 more

Românăbanchetcinadineunutrețprânz+ 2 more

Русскийбанкетедакормобедужин+ 2 more

Slovenčinaobedvečera

Slovenščinahranajúžinakosiloobedvečerja+ 2 more

Shqipdarkedrekë

Српскиcenacȉnačiniodinarhranajantarjužinakrmeniobedručaksamvečeraбанкетвечераобедручак+ 13 more

Svenskamiddag

ไทยข้าวเย็นอาหารเย็น

Tagaloghapunan

Türkçeakşam yemeği

Українськавечеряобідобідній

اردوعشائیہ

Tiếng Việtbữa xếtiệc

Examples

“1993, Mark⟳ Berry as "King Harkinian", a character in Animation Magic, Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon, Philips Interactive Media (publ.). I wonder⟳ what's for dinner.”

“I want⟳ to cook⟳ dinner.”

“I had some friends to dinner two nights ago.”

“At twilight in the summer[…]the mice come⟳ out. They[…]eat⟳ the luncheon crumbs. Mr. Checkley, for instance, always brought his dinner in a paper parcel in his coat-tail pocket, and ate it when so disposed, sprinkling crumbs lavishly[…]on the floor.”

“It was already late for school, so the boy took his time and only arrived in the village when Heidi came home for dinner. […] "Come⟳ to the table now and eat⟳ with us. Then you can go up with Heidi, and when you bring⟳ her back at night, you can get⟳ your supper here."”

“Give⟳ the dog its dinner.”

“My family gathers twice a year, namely at Christmas and Thanksgiving dinners.”

“When I gave a dinner there was generally a cover⟳ laid for him. I liked the man for his own⟳ sake, and even had he promised to turn⟳ out a celebrity it would have⟳ had no weight with me.”

“Soon after the arrival of Mrs. Campbell, dinner was announced by Abboye. He came into the drawing room resplendent in his gold-and-white turban. […] His cummerbund matched the turban in gold lines.”

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