preprandial

== English == === Alternative forms === praeprandial, præprandial pre-prandial === Etymology === From pre- + prandial. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pɹiːˈpɹæn.dɪ.əl/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˌpɹiˈpɹæn.di.əl/ Hyphenation: pre‧prand‧ial === Adjective === preprandial Occurring before a meal, especially dinner. 2006, Daniel Kehlmann; Carol Brown Janeway, transl., Measuring the World, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Pantheon Books, →ISBN; republished London: Quercus, 2007, →ISBN, page 251: Gauss laid aside his pipe, pulled his velvet cap over the back of his head, returned the Russian dictionary and the little volume of Pushkin to the shelf, and prepared to go for his preprandial walk. ==== Synonyms ==== anteprandial (uncommon) predinner premeal precibal (uncommon) ==== Antonyms ==== postprandial ==== Derived terms ==== preprandially ==== Related terms ==== postprandially prandial ==== Translations ==== === Noun === preprandial (plural preprandials) A predinner drink; an apéritif. 1991, Bernard Bannerman, chapter 4, in The Judge's Song, [U.K.]: Sphere Books, →ISBN; republished Sandy, Bedfordshire: Authors OnLine, 2009, →ISBN: 'How's Allison?' I asked over preprandials. He smiled as I ordered Southern Comfort – no ice, no soda; he liked the idea that some things don't change. ==== Translations ====