mealtime

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mealtime

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From Middle English meeltime, from Old English mǣltīma (“mealtime”), equivalent to meal + time. Compare mealtide, Old English mǣltīd (“mealtime”), Dutch maaltijd (“meal”), German Mahlzeit (“meal, mealtime”), Danish måltid (“meal, mealtime”), Icelandic máltíð (“meal”), Icelandic matmálstími (“mealtime”).

noun mealtimes

countable, uncountable The appointed time at which a meal is served or eaten. My youngest son has a special cry for mealtimes.
Similar: mealtide

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noun time at which a meal is eaten

中文	進餐時間 /进餐时间 jìncān shíjiān

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@misc{mealtime_2026,
  title = {mealtime},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/mealtime},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}