English

Pronunciation
IPA|/mi�l/
audio|en-us-meal.ogg|Audio (US)
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-i�l|-i�l

Etymology 1
Old English mæl|mǣl, from Germanic *m�lo-, from Indo-European *m�- �to measure�. Cognate with Dutch maal, German Mal �time�, Mahl �meal�, Swedish mål; and (from Indo-European) with Greek μέ��ον, Latin mensus, Russian ме�а, Lithuanian metas|mẽtas.

Noun
en-noun

1. food|Food that is prepared and eaten, usually at a specific time (e.g. breakfast morning meal, lunch noon meal, etc).

Translations
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trreq|Albanian
Arabic: Arab|�جبة (wájba) f
trreq|Armenian
Breton: pred m, predoù p
Bulgarian: �дене (jadene) n
Catalan: àpat m
Chinese: 飯 (fàn)
Crimean Tatar: a�
Croatian: obrok m
Czech: jídlo n
Danish: måltid
Dutch: maaltijd
trreq|Esperanto
trreq|Estonian
Finnish: ateria
French: repas m
Georgian: ������� (sa��meli), ���� (��ama)
German: Mahl n
Greek: γε�μα (yévma) n, �αγη�� (fayitó) n
Hebrew: �ר��� f
Hindi: भ��न (bhojan)
Hungarian: étkezés
trreq|Icelandic
trreq|Indonesian
Interlingua: repasto
Italian: pasto m
mid
Japanese: �� (����, shokují)
Korean: �� (kkini), 밥 (bap), �� (��, siksa)
Latvian: �dienreize f, �diens f
Lithuanian: valgis m
Malay: hidangan
Marathi: भ��न (bhojan), ��वण (jévann)
Norwegian: måltid
Old English: mæl|mǣl n
Old Norse: mál n
Polish: posi�ek m
Portuguese: refeição f
Romanian: mas� f
Russian: еда (jedá) f, пи�а (píshcha) f, �нед� (snjed�) f
Sanskrit: भ��न (bhojan)
Scottish Gaelic: biadh m
Serbian: об�ок (obrok) m
Spanish: comida f
Swedish: måltid c
Tamazight: ���ⴻ�� (tiremt) f
trreq|Tamil
Thai: Thai|อาหาร (aah�an), Thai|�สวย (sàw�ie)
trreq|Turkish
Ukrainian: �жа (jízha) f, ���ава (stráva) f
trreq|Vietnamese
Yiddish: ��ָ�צײַ� (moltsayt) m

Etymology 2
Old English melu.

Noun
en-noun|-

1. the coarse-ground edible part of various grains often used to feed animals.

Translations

Dutch: meel n
Georgian: ������ (p�k�vili)
German: Mehl n
Greek: �ί�ο��ο (pituro) n
Italian: mangìme m
Korean: 기� (giul), �기� (mil-giul)
Latvian: �diens f
mid
Old English: melu
Old Norse: mjöl
Russian: Cyrl|м�ка|м�ка� (muká) f
Spanish: harina f
Swedish: mjöl n
Thai: Thai|���� (bpâeng)
Yiddish: �ע� (mel) f or n

Derived terms
mealy
cornmeal

Anagrams
Elam
lame
male

Category:1000 English basic words
Category:Food and Drink
Category:Meals|*meal

Kurdish

Noun
meal

1. meaning

Category:Kurdish nouns

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• 2008-01-01 15:24 - Stephen G. Brown - /* Translations */

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