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dine

/ˈdaɪn/DYN
/ˈdaɪn/DYN

Meaningbreak a fast or eat a meal

Common meaning: eat dinner

Journey through time

  1. Old Frenchdisner‘break a fast or eat a meal’source
  2. Middle Englishdinen‘eat a meal’source
  3. Englishmeaning shiftseat a meal → eat dinnerdine‘eat dinner’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Old French disner ‘break a fast or eat a meal’.

Roots

  • disner Old French “break a fast or eat a meal”

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