brunch
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brunch
- /bɹʌnt͡ʃ/
- /bɹʌnʃ/
Rhymes with -ʌntʃ
Where it comes from
Blend of breakfast + lunch. Attested from 1895 in British English and from 1930 in the United States.
noun brunches
- A meal eaten later in the day than breakfast and earlier than lunch, often in a leisurely, festive, and/or social way, and often consisting of typical foods from both of those meals. I normally have brunch at the café next to work.
verb brunches · brunching · brunched
- To eat brunch.
- To serve brunch to. At Ivar House, the same noon, chic Mrs. Sidney Johnson of Pasadena brunched her eastern guest, Katherine Cudlip, then waited patiently while she practically bought out the gift shop.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: lunch, lunchtime, luncheon, breakfast, dinner, noon, midday, brunchtime, bruncheon, second breakfast, brunch word, brinner, linner, breakfaster, lunner, déjeuné
Translations
Every language
noun a meal
| Español | brunch |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 브런치 beureonchi |
| 日本語 | ブランチ buranchi |
| 中文 | 早午餐 zǎowǔcān, 早午飯 /早午饭 zǎowǔfàn |
| Português | brunch, almoço |
| Français | brunch, déjeuner-diner, déjeunette, déjeuner dinatoire, grand petit-déjeuner, petit déjeuner-déjeuner |
| Deutsch | Brunch |
| Italiano | brunch, colanzo, colapranzo, pranzolazione |
| Română | brunch, dejun |
| Русский | бранч branč, по́здний за́втрак pózdnij závtrak |
| עברית | בוהריים bohorayim |
Talk about this word "brunch." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/brunch. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. brunch. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/brunch "brunch." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/brunch.Cite this
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title = {brunch},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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