brunch

== English == === Etymology === Blend of breakfast +‎ lunch. Attested from 1895 in British English and from 1930 in the United States. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bɹʌnt͡ʃ/, /bɹʌnʃ/ Rhymes: -ʌntʃ === Noun === brunch (countable and uncountable, plural brunches) A meal eaten later in the day than breakfast and earlier than lunch, and often consisting of typical foods from both of those meals. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== dunch linner lupper brinner brupper dinfast === Verb === brunch (third-person singular simple present brunches, present participle brunching, simple past and past participle brunched) To eat brunch. === Further reading === brunch on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == Danish == === Etymology 1 === Unadapted borrowing from English brunch. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /brɔnsj/, [ˈb̥ɹʌnɕ], [ˈb̥ʁʌnɕ] ==== Noun ==== brunch c (singular definite brunchen, plural indefinite bruncher) brunch === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /brɔnˀsj/, [ˈb̥ɹʌnˀɕ], [ˈb̥ʁʌnˀɕ] ==== Verb ==== brunch imperative of brunche == Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbrʏnʃ/ Hyphenation: brunch === Etymology 1 === Unadapted borrowing from English brunch. ==== Noun ==== brunch m (plural brunchen, no diminutive) a brunch === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== brunch inflection of brunchen: first-person singular present indicative (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative imperative == Finnish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English brunch. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbruns/, [ˈbruns̠] IPA(key): /ˈbrɑntʃ/, [ˈbrɑ̝n̪t̪ʃ] Rhymes: -uns === Noun === brunch (rare) brunch ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== brunssi === Further reading === “brunch”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023 == French == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English brunch. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bʁœnʃ/, (Quebec) /bʁɔnʃ/ === Noun === brunch m (plural brunches or brunchs) brunch ==== Related terms ==== bruncher == Italian == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English brunch. === Pronunciation === === Noun === brunch m (invariable) brunch Synonyms: colanzo, colapranzo, pranzolazione == Polish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English brunch. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbrant͡ʂ/ Rhymes: -ant͡ʂ Syllabification: brunch === Noun === brunch m inan brunch ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === brunch in Polish dictionaries at PWN == Portuguese == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English brunch. === Pronunciation === === Noun === brunch m (plural brunches) brunch (meal eaten later than breakfast and earlier than lunch) === Further reading === “brunch”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “brunch”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Romanian == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English brunch. === Noun === brunch n (plural brunch-uri) brunch ==== Declension ==== == Spanish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English brunch. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbɾant͡ʃ/ [ˈbɾãnʲt͡ʃ] Rhymes: -antʃ === Noun === brunch m (plural brunchs) brunch ==== Usage notes ==== According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed. === Further reading === “brunch”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 == Swedish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English brunch. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /brɵnɧ/ Rhymes: -ɵnɧ === Noun === brunch c brunch ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== frunch === References === brunch in Svensk ordbok (SO) brunch in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)