"continental breakfast" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: continental breakfasts [plural]
Etymology: Named due to its popularity in continental Europe. Head templates: {{en-noun}} continental breakfast (plural continental breakfasts)
  1. A light breakfast, often as served in a hotel, usually consisting of cereal, juice, and pastries, but without any fried items. Categories (topical): Meals Translations (type of light breakfast): 歐式早餐 (Chinese Mandarin), 欧式早餐 (Ōushì zǎocān) (Chinese Mandarin), mannermainen aamiainen (Finnish), bricfeasta mór-roinne [masculine] (Irish), bricfeasta Eorpach [masculine] (Irish)

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