"brunch" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /bɹʌnt͡ʃ/, /bɹʌnʃ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-brunch.wav [Southern-England] Forms: brunches [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌntʃ Etymology: Blend of breakfast + lunch. Attested from 1895 in British English and from 1930 in the United States. Etymology templates: {{blend|en|breakfast|lunch}} Blend of breakfast + lunch Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} brunch (countable and uncountable, plural brunches)
  1. A meal eaten later in the day than breakfast and earlier than lunch, and often consisting of typical foods from both of those meals. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Meals Derived forms: brunch word Related terms: dunch, linner, lupper, brinner, brupper, dinfast Translations (a meal): qəlyanaltı (Azerbaijani), 早午餐 (zǎo wǔcān) (english: early lunch) (Chinese Mandarin), 早中饭 (Chinese Mandarin), brunch [common-gender] (Danish), matenlunĉo (Esperanto), brunssi (Finnish), aamulounas (Finnish), brunch [masculine] (French), გვიანი საუზმე (gviani sauzme) (Georgian), ბრანჩი (branči) (Georgian), Brunch [masculine] (German), בוהריים (bohorayim) (Hebrew), villásreggeli (Hungarian), rebéd (Hungarian), dögurður [masculine] (Icelandic), dagverður [masculine] (Icelandic), hábítur [masculine] (Icelandic), bröns [masculine] (Icelandic), brunch [masculine] (Italian), colanzo [masculine] (Italian), pranzolazione [feminine] (Italian), ブランチ (buranchi) (Japanese), 브런치 (beureonchi) (Korean), vēlbrokastis [feminine, plural] (Latvian), ब्रंच (brañca) [neuter] (Marathi), brunsj [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), brunsj [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), brunch [masculine] (Polish), brunch [masculine] (Portuguese), brunch [neuter] (Romanian), бранч (branč) [masculine] (Russian), по́здний за́втрак (pózdnij závtrak) [masculine] (Russian), brunch [masculine] (Spanish), brunch [common-gender] (Swedish), frunch [common-gender] (Swedish), บรันช์ (bɔ̀-ran) (Thai), brecinio [masculine] (Welsh), בראָנטש (brontsh) [masculine] (Yiddish), שפּעטער פֿרישטיק (shpeter frishtik) [masculine] (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-brunch-en-noun-wxd5uJcK Disambiguation of Meals: 88 12 Categories (other): English blends, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English blends: 73 27 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 94 6 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 91 9

Verb

IPA: /bɹʌnt͡ʃ/, /bɹʌnʃ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-brunch.wav [Southern-England] Forms: brunches [present, singular, third-person], brunching [participle, present], brunched [participle, past], brunched [past]
Rhymes: -ʌntʃ Etymology: Blend of breakfast + lunch. Attested from 1895 in British English and from 1930 in the United States. Etymology templates: {{blend|en|breakfast|lunch}} Blend of breakfast + lunch Head templates: {{en-verb}} brunch (third-person singular simple present brunches, present participle brunching, simple past and past participle brunched)
  1. To eat brunch.
    Sense id: en-brunch-en-verb-cZrGgJN7

Inflected forms

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      "depth": 1,
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          "type": "example"
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        {
          "ref": "April 15 1993, Adam I. Lapidus, “The Front”, in Rich Moore, director, The Simpsons, season 4, episode 19, spoken by Homer Simpson (Dan Castellaneta)",
          "text": "I discovered a meal between breakfast and brunch.",
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        [
          "breakfast",
          "breakfast"
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          "lunch"
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        {
          "word": "dunch"
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        {
          "word": "linner"
        },
        {
          "word": "lupper"
        },
        {
          "word": "brinner"
        },
        {
          "word": "brupper"
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          "word": "dinfast"
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        {
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "a meal",
          "word": "qəlyanaltı"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "english": "early lunch",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "zǎo wǔcān",
          "sense": "a meal",
          "word": "早午餐"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "a meal",
          "word": "早中饭"
        },
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "a meal",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "brunch"
        },
        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "a meal",
          "word": "matenlunĉo"
        },
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "a meal",
          "word": "brunssi"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "a meal",
          "word": "aamulounas"
        },
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "a meal",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "brunch"
        },
        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "gviani sauzme",
          "sense": "a meal",
          "word": "გვიანი საუზმე"
        },
        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "branči",
          "sense": "a meal",
          "word": "ბრანჩი"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "a meal",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Brunch"
        },
        {
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "bohorayim",
          "sense": "a meal",
          "word": "בוהריים"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "a meal",
          "word": "villásreggeli"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "a meal",
          "word": "rebéd"
        },
        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "a meal",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "dögurður"
        },
        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "a meal",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "dagverður"
        },
        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "a meal",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "hábítur"
        },
        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "a meal",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "bröns"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "a meal",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "brunch"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "a meal",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "colanzo"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "a meal",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "pranzolazione"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "buranchi",
          "sense": "a meal",
          "word": "ブランチ"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "beureonchi",
          "sense": "a meal",
          "word": "브런치"
        },
        {
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "a meal",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "vēlbrokastis"
        },
        {
          "code": "mr",
          "lang": "Marathi",
          "roman": "brañca",
          "sense": "a meal",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "ब्रंच"
        },
        {
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "a meal",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "brunsj"
        },
        {
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "a meal",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "brunsj"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "a meal",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "brunch"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "a meal",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "brunch"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "a meal",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "brunch"
        },
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "branč",
          "sense": "a meal",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "бранч"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "pózdnij závtrak",
          "sense": "a meal",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "по́здний за́втрак"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "a meal",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "brunch"
        },
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "a meal",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "brunch"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "a meal",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "frunch"
        },
        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "bɔ̀-ran",
          "sense": "a meal",
          "word": "บรันช์"
        },
        {
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "a meal",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "brecinio"
        },
        {
          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "brontsh",
          "sense": "a meal",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "בראָנטש"
        },
        {
          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "shpeter frishtik",
          "sense": "a meal",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "שפּעטער פֿרישטיק"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/bɹʌnt͡ʃ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bɹʌnʃ/"
    },
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      "rhymes": "-ʌntʃ"
    },
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      ],
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    },
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    },
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    {
      "form": "brunched",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "brunch (third-person singular simple present brunches, present participle brunching, simple past and past participle brunched)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To eat brunch."
      ],
      "id": "en-brunch-en-verb-cZrGgJN7"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/bɹʌnt͡ʃ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bɹʌnʃ/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ʌntʃ"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-brunch.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/15/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-brunch.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-brunch.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/15/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-brunch.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-brunch.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "brunch"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English 1-syllable words",
    "English blends",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "English verbs",
    "Rhymes:English/ʌntʃ",
    "Rhymes:English/ʌntʃ/1 syllable",
    "en:Meals"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "brunch word"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hy",
            "2": "բրանչ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Armenian: բրանչ (brančʻ)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Armenian: բրանչ (brančʻ)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "yue",
            "2": "早午餐",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "zou2 ng5 caan1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Cantonese: 早午餐 (zou2 ng5 caan1)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Cantonese: 早午餐 (zou2 ng5 caan1)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "da",
            "2": "brunch",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Danish: brunch",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Danish: brunch"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fi",
            "2": "brunssi",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Finnish: brunssi",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Finnish: brunssi"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "brunch",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ French: brunch",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ French: brunch"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "Brunch",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ German: Brunch",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ German: Brunch"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ka",
            "2": "ბრანჩი",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Georgian: ბრანჩი (branči)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Georgian: ბრანჩი (branči)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "is",
            "2": "bröns",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Icelandic: bröns",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Icelandic: bröns"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "brunch",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Italian: brunch",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: brunch"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ja",
            "2": "ブランチ",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "buranchi"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Japanese: ブランチ (buranchi)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Japanese: ブランチ (buranchi)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ko",
            "2": "브런치",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Korean: 브런치 (beureonchi)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Korean: 브런치 (beureonchi)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "no",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Norwegian:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Norwegian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nb",
            "2": "brunsj"
          },
          "expansion": "Norwegian Bokmål: brunsj",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Norwegian Bokmål: brunsj"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nn",
            "2": "brunsj"
          },
          "expansion": "Norwegian Nynorsk: brunsj",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Norwegian Nynorsk: brunsj"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pl",
            "2": "brunch",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Polish: brunch",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Polish: brunch"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "brunch",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: brunch",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: brunch"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "brunch",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Romanian: brunch",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Romanian: brunch"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ru",
            "2": "бранч",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Russian: бранч (branč)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Russian: бранч (branč)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "brunch",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Spanish: brunch",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Spanish: brunch"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sv",
            "2": "brunch",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Swedish: brunch",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Swedish: brunch"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "yi",
            "2": "בראָנטש",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Yiddish: בראָנטש (brontsh)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Yiddish: בראָנטש (brontsh)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "breakfast",
        "3": "lunch"
      },
      "expansion": "Blend of breakfast + lunch",
      "name": "blend"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Blend of breakfast + lunch. Attested from 1895 in British English and from 1930 in the United States.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "brunches",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~"
      },
      "expansion": "brunch (countable and uncountable, plural brunches)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "dunch"
    },
    {
      "word": "linner"
    },
    {
      "word": "lupper"
    },
    {
      "word": "brinner"
    },
    {
      "word": "brupper"
    },
    {
      "word": "dinfast"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I normally have brunch at the café next to work.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Let's do brunch sometime at the salad bar!",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Feeling a bit peckish, Sandra made herself some brunch with the leftovers in her fridge.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "April 15 1993, Adam I. Lapidus, “The Front”, in Rich Moore, director, The Simpsons, season 4, episode 19, spoken by Homer Simpson (Dan Castellaneta)",
          "text": "I discovered a meal between breakfast and brunch.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A meal eaten later in the day than breakfast and earlier than lunch, and often consisting of typical foods from both of those meals."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "meal",
          "meal"
        ],
        [
          "breakfast",
          "breakfast"
        ],
        [
          "lunch",
          "lunch"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/bɹʌnt͡ʃ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bɹʌnʃ/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ʌntʃ"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-brunch.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/15/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-brunch.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-brunch.wav.mp3",
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "a meal",
      "word": "qəlyanaltı"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "english": "early lunch",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zǎo wǔcān",
      "sense": "a meal",
      "word": "早午餐"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "a meal",
      "word": "早中饭"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "a meal",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "brunch"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "a meal",
      "word": "matenlunĉo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a meal",
      "word": "brunssi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a meal",
      "word": "aamulounas"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a meal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "brunch"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "gviani sauzme",
      "sense": "a meal",
      "word": "გვიანი საუზმე"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "branči",
      "sense": "a meal",
      "word": "ბრანჩი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a meal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Brunch"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "bohorayim",
      "sense": "a meal",
      "word": "בוהריים"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a meal",
      "word": "villásreggeli"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a meal",
      "word": "rebéd"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "a meal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dögurður"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "a meal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dagverður"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "a meal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hábítur"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "a meal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bröns"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "a meal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "brunch"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "a meal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "colanzo"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "a meal",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pranzolazione"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "buranchi",
      "sense": "a meal",
      "word": "ブランチ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "beureonchi",
      "sense": "a meal",
      "word": "브런치"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "a meal",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "vēlbrokastis"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "brañca",
      "sense": "a meal",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ब्रंच"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "a meal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "brunsj"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "a meal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "brunsj"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a meal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "brunch"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a meal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "brunch"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "a meal",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "brunch"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "branč",
      "sense": "a meal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "бранч"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pózdnij závtrak",
      "sense": "a meal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "по́здний за́втрак"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a meal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "brunch"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a meal",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "brunch"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a meal",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "frunch"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "bɔ̀-ran",
      "sense": "a meal",
      "word": "บรันช์"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "a meal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "brecinio"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "brontsh",
      "sense": "a meal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "בראָנטש"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "shpeter frishtik",
      "sense": "a meal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "שפּעטער פֿרישטיק"
    }
  ],
  "word": "brunch"
}

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  "categories": [
    "English 1-syllable words",
    "English blends",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "English verbs",
    "Rhymes:English/ʌntʃ",
    "Rhymes:English/ʌntʃ/1 syllable",
    "en:Meals"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "breakfast",
        "3": "lunch"
      },
      "expansion": "Blend of breakfast + lunch",
      "name": "blend"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Blend of breakfast + lunch. Attested from 1895 in British English and from 1930 in the United States.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "brunches",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brunching",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brunched",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brunched",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "brunch (third-person singular simple present brunches, present participle brunching, simple past and past participle brunched)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To eat brunch."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/bɹʌnt͡ʃ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bɹʌnʃ/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ʌntʃ"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-brunch.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/15/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-brunch.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-brunch.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/15/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-brunch.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-brunch.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "brunch"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.