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masculine

/pə.ti.de.ʒœ.ne/

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Translation

breakfast

Word origin

From petit ('small') and déjeuner ('to break the fast'), from Latin disjejunare. As the midday déjeuner moved later, the morning meal needed a name of its own.

Origin: French
Root: déjeuner

Grammar

Gendermasculine

Pluralpetits-déjeuners

Examples

- .

Breakfast starts at seven.

- l'.

She makes the breakfasts for the whole hotel.

He never eats breakfast.

- .

We had breakfast in the garden.

- .

Breakfast is the most important meal.

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This word is part of lesson 48.