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Added 9 October 2026

dinner

/ˈdɪnə/ noun

In Latin: cēna Wiktionary

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about dinner at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

The main meal of the day, often eaten in the evening.
I had an early dinner because the breakfast in this hostel is superb.
An evening meal.
I had some friends to dinner two nights ago.
A midday meal .

verb

To eat a dinner.
To provide (someone) with a dinner.

Origin

From Middle English dyner, from Old French disner (“lunch”, but originally “breakfast”), (modern French dîner), from Vulgar Latin *disiūnō, *disiūnāre from Latin dis- + iēiūnō (“to break the fast”).

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