"dinnertime" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-dinnertime.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-dinnertime.wav Forms: dinnertimes [plural]
Etymology: From dinner + time. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|dinner|time}} dinner + time Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} dinnertime (countable and uncountable, plural dinnertimes)
  1. The time when dinner takes place, as:
    (now chiefly British) The midday mealtime as the main one: lunchtime.
    Tags: British, countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Food and drink, Times of day Synonyms: dinner hour, dining time
    Sense id: en-dinnertime-en-noun-eBrsjwDI Disambiguation of Food and drink: 50 50 0 Disambiguation of Times of day: 33 33 34 Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Romanian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 32 33 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 33 33 34 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 34 33 34 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 33 33 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 37 31 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 40 29 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 40 29 30
  2. The time when dinner takes place, as:
    The evening mealtime as the main one: suppertime.
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Food and drink, Times of day Synonyms: dinner hour, dining time
    Sense id: en-dinnertime-en-noun-tJq8u6UY Disambiguation of Food and drink: 50 50 0 Disambiguation of Times of day: 33 33 34 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Danish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 32 33 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 33 33 34 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 34 33 34 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 33 33 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 37 31 32
  3. The time when dinner takes place, as: Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Times of day Synonyms: dinner hour, dining time
    Sense id: en-dinnertime-en-noun-F4NAcg5J Disambiguation of Times of day: 33 33 34 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Danish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 32 33 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 33 33 34 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 34 33 34 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 33 33 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 37 31 32
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: dinner time, dinner-time Hypernyms: mealtime Coordinate_terms: breakfast-time, teatime Translations (time when dinner takes place): spisetid [common-gender] (Danish), päivällisaika (Finnish), cină (Romanian)
Disambiguation of 'time when dinner takes place': 33 33 34

Inflected forms

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