breakfast
pronunciation
How to pronounce breakfast in British English:
UK [ˈbrekfəst]
How to pronounce breakfast in American English:
US [ˈbrekfəst]
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- Noun:
- the first meal of the day (usually in the morning)
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- Verb:
- eat an early morning meal
- provide breakfast for
Word Origin
- breakfast
- breakfast: [15] Breakfast is the first food one eats in the morning, thereby literally ‘breaking’ the night’s ‘fast’. The word is first recorded in a text of 1463: ‘Expenses in breakfast, xjd’. It is a lexicalization of the phrase ‘break one’s fast’, which itself seems to have originated in the 14th century.
- breakfast (n.)
- mid-15c., from break (v.) + fast (n.). An Old English word for it was undernmete (see undern), also morgenmete "morning meal.". The verb is recorded from 1670s. Related: Breakfasted; breakfasting. Spanish almuerzo "lunch," but formerly and still locally "breakfast," is from Latin admorsus, past participle of admordere "to bite into," from ad- "to" + mordere "to bite." In common with almuerzo, words for "breakfast" tend over time to shift in meaning toward "lunch;" compare French déjeuner "breakfast," later "lunch" (equivalent of Spanish desayuno "breakfast"), both from Vulgar Latin *disieiunare "to breakfast," from Latin dis- "apart, in a different direction from" + ieiunare, jejunare "fast" (see jejune; also compare dine). German Frühstück is from Middle High German vruostücke, literally "early bit."
Example
- 1. Eat a healthy breakfast and healthy snacks only .
- 2. The general consensus is that breakfast is good for you .
- 3. Breakfast in cafes , restaurants and hotels can be a wonderful experience .
- 4. Gaines has jack contact palmer 's secret service detail to request clearance for the breakfast .
- 5. Would you like breakfast in our hotel ?