Meal

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /miːl/

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• Rhymes: -iːl

Etymology 1

Old English mǣl, from Germanic *mēlo-, from Indo-European *mē- ‘to measure’. Cognate with Dutch maal, German Mal ‘time’, Mahl ‘meal’, Swedish mål; and (from Indo-European) with Greek μέτρον, Latin mensus, Russian мера, Lithuanian mẽtas.

Noun

Singular Meal

Plural {{{1}}}

Meal ({{{1}}})

1. Food that is prepared and eaten, usually at a specific time (e.g. breakfast = morning meal, lunch = noon meal, etc).

Hyponyms

• See also Wikisaurus:meal

Derived terms

• make a meal of
• meal mob
• meal ticket

Translations

food that is prepared and eaten

Albanian: vakt sq(sq) m. Arabic: وجبة (wájba) f. Armenian: կերակուր (kerakur), ճաշ (č̣aš) Breton: pred m., predoù pl. Bulgarian: ядене bg(bg) (jadene) n. Catalan: àpat m. Central Atlas Tamazight: [[ⵜⵉⵔⴻⵎⵜ#Template:Tzm|Template:Tfng]] (tiremt) f. Chamicuro: nuka'c̈homachi Chinese: Mandarin: 餐 cmn(cmn) (cān), 飯 cmn(cmn), 饭 cmn(cmn) (fàn) Crimean Tatar: aş Croatian: òbrok hr(hr) m., jȅlo hr(hr) n. Czech: jídlo cs(cs) n. Danish: måltid da(da) c. Dutch: maaltijd nl(nl) m. Esperanto: manĝaĵo eo(eo), manĝo eo(eo) Estonian: söök et(et) Finnish: ateria fi(fi) French: repas fr(fr) m. Georgian: საჭმელი (sač‘meli), ჭამა (č‘ama) German: Mahl de(de) n. Greek: γεύμα el(el) (geúma) n., φαγητό el(el) (fagitó) n. Hebrew: ארוחה he(he) f. Hindi: भोजन hi(hi) (bhojan) Hungarian: étkezés hu(hu) Icelandic: máltíð is(is) f. Indonesian: please add this translation if you can Interlingua: repasto

Italian: pasto it(it) m. Japanese: 食事 (しょくじ, shokují) Korean: 끼니 (kkini), 밥 (bap), 식사 (食事, siksa) Latvian: ēdienreize f., ēdiens f. Lithuanian: valgis lt(lt) m. Macedonian: оброк mk(mk) (óbrok) m., јадење mk(mk) (jádenje) n. Malay: hidangan Maltese: ikel mt(mt) pl. Marathi: भोजन (bhojan), जेवण (jévann) Norwegian: måltid no(no) Old English: mǣl ang(ang) n. Old Norse: mál n. Polish: posiłek pl(pl) m. Portuguese: refeição pt(pt) f. Romanian: masā f. Russian: еда (jedá) f., пища (píšča) f., снедь (snjed’) f. Sanskrit: भोजन sa(sa) (bhojan) Scottish Gaelic: biadh m. Serbian: оброк (obrok) m., jelo n. Spanish: comida es(es) f. Swedish: måltid sv(sv) c. Tamil: please add this translation if you can Thai: อาหาร (aahăan), เสวย (sàwŏie) Turkish: yemek tr(tr), (obsolete) aş tr(tr) Ukrainian: їжа (jíža) f., страва (stráva) f. Vietnamese: bữa, bữa cơm Yiddish: מאָלצײַט (moltsayt) m.

Etymology 2

Old English melu.

Noun

Singular Meal

Plural -

Meal (-)

1. The coarse-ground edible part of various grains often used to feed animals.

Derived terms

• mealy
• cornmeal

Translations

coarse-ground edible part of various grains

Czech: šrot cs(cs) m. Dutch: meel nl(nl) n. Estonian: jahu et(et) Georgian: ფქვილი (p‘k‘vili) German: Mehl de(de) n. Greek: άλφιτο el(el) n., χονδράλευρο el(el) n. Italian: mangìme it(it) m. Korean: 기울 ko(ko) (giul), 밀기울 ko(ko) (mil-giul) Latvian: ēdiens lv(lv) f.

Old English: melu ang(ang) Old Norse: mjöl Russian: мука́ ru(ru) (muká) f. Spanish: harina es(es) f. Swedish: mjöl sv(sv) n. Thai: แป้ง th(th) (bpâeng) Turkish: un (lit., "flour") Yiddish: מעל yi(yi) (mel) f. or n.

Anagrams

• aelm,
• amel
• Elam
• Elma
• lame, lamé
• lema
• male, Malé

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Kurdish

Noun

meal

1. meaning

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Scottish Gaelic

Verb

Meal (present participle mealadh or mealtainn)

1. to enjoy

Derived terms

• meal do naidheachd / meal ur naidheachd

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