déjeuner

See also: dêjeuner and déjeûner

French

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From dé- + jeûner (un fast (to break fast)) or from a Vulgar Latin *disieiūnāre, *disieiūnāre, from Late Latin ieiūnāre, jejūnāre, present active infinitive of ieiūnō, jejūnō, from Latin ieiūnus, jejūnus. Compare Catalan dejunar, Spanish desayunar, Italian digiunare, Occitan dejunar, Portuguese desjejuar. Doublet of dîner from which English dine descended.

Verb

déjeuner

  1. (formal) to lunch, to eat lunch, to have lunch
  2. (outside of France) to have breakfast
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Nominalization of the above verb.

Noun

déjeuner m (plural déjeuners)

  1. (France) lunch, luncheon
  2. (outside of France, occasionally in France) breakfast
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Romanian: dejun
  • Scots: disjune

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