Term Gallery logo

Meanings of dinner in English

Portuguese
jantar
Catalan
sopar
Spanish
cena

A party of people assembled to have dinner together.

jantar
Russian
обед
Portuguese
jantar
Catalan
àpat principal
Spanish
comida

Largest most formal meal of the day.

обед

A meal that is eaten in the late afternoon or evening daily.

Meal usually eaten at midday.

Synonyms
Examples for "lunch"
Examples for "lunch"
1
I said to Sarah, 'Of course you must lunch wherever you like.'
The End of the Affair
2
The question was still under debate when they went in to lunch.
Queen Lucia
3
Addressing an Independence Day lunch, Peter Keegan said: The fact is this.
The Irish Times
4
Breakfast, whist; lunch, whist; dinner, whist; supper, whist; and then to bed.
The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, February 1844 /...
5
Over lunch we hadn't discussed the Mitchell case, or any other case.
Silks
1
The accident followed an end of year luncheon at the Department compound.
Radio NZ
2
It even includes Greyhound Bus Station food and Woolworth's luncheon counter food.
The Lost Continent
3
But the chief development of the luncheon disclosed itself in the conversation.
Mr. Prohack
4
The luncheon was prepared in a hurry and the boys ate ravenously.
The Meadow-Brook Girls Afloat; Or, the Stormy Cruise of the Red ...
5
All the preparations for the luncheon had been completed; nobody was there.
My Lady's Money
Usage of dinner in English
1
By the way, did you manage to avoid your dinner partner today?'
Millionaire's women
2
The impact of Argentina's economic crisis reaches far beyond the dinner table.
Reuters
3
There are a number of problems with a dinner party without food.
The Guardian
4
We said similar things at Jack's dinner and Jack had no problem.
Confessions of a wall street analyst: a true story of inside inf...
5
I shall see you later at dinner,' he added as he left.
The power of the legendary greek
6
He can brighten up any dinner table by suddenly producing a 'problem'.
Agahta christie: an autobiography
7
The water went off again the next day right at dinner time.
Radio NZ
8
In answer to your earlier question, I was fully clothed during dinner.
Tough customer: a novel
9
Breakfast, whist; lunch, whist; dinner, whist; supper, whist; and then to bed.
The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, February 1844 /...
10
The dinner party lasted some considerable time; then the inevitable cataclysm occurred.
Castles in the Air
11
Either way, we'll have dinner at a restaurant on the way home.
The Silent Sister
12
It's nearly time to break for dinner, but they insist we continue.
Mockingjay
13
The doctor asked his question over dinner in the skipper's Day Cabin.
For Honor We Stand
14
For example I didn't have dinner last night because food was finished.
Radio NZ
15
He did not repine, rating a good dinner higher than good intercourse.
The Guardian
16
After dinner, she helped clear the dishes from the main dining room.
Wench: a novel
About this term
More collocations
Translations for dinner
Portuguese
jantar
Spanish
cenacomida
Russian
обед
Dinner through the time
Dinner across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
Australia
Common
United States of America
Common
More variants