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Meal Definition

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Etymology 1

From Middle English, from Old English mǣl (“measure, time, occasion, set time, time for eating, meal”), from Proto-Germanic *mēlan, *mēþō (“measure, meal, mealtime”), from Proto-Indo-European *mē-, *me- (“to measure”). Cognate with Dutch maal (“meal, time, occurrence”), German Mal (“time”), Mahl (“meal”), Swedish mål (“meal”); and (from Indo-European) with Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron, “measure”), Latin mensus, Russian мера (mera, “measure”), Lithuanian mẽtas. Related to Old English mǣþ (“measure, degree, proportion”).

Noun

meal (plural meals)

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

Etymology 2

From Middle English mele, from Old English melu (“meal, flour”), from Proto-Germanic *melwan (“meal, flour”), *malanan, *malwijanan, *mulwijanan (“to grind, mill”), from Proto-Indo-European *mel-, *mol(w)ə- (“to grind, mill”). Cognate with West Frisian moal, Dutch meel, German Mehl, Old Church Slavonic (melvo, “grain to be ground”), Albanian miell (“meal”), Dutch malen (“to grind”), German mahlen (“to grind”), Old Irish melim (“I grind”), Latin molō (“I grind”), Tocharian A/B malywët (“you press”)/melye (“they tread on”), Lithuanian málti, Old Church Slavonic млѣти (mlěti), Ancient Greek μύλη (mýlē, “mill”). More at mill.

Noun

meal (uncountable)

  1. The coarse-ground edible part of various grains often used to feed animals; flour.
Derived terms
Translations
coarse-ground edible part of various grains
  • Czech: šrot cs(cs) m.
  • Dutch: meel nl(nl) n.
  • Estonian: jahu et(et)
  • Georgian: ფქვილი (p‘k‘vili)
  • German: Mehl de(de) n.
  • Greek: άλφιτο el(el) (álfito) n., χονδράλευρο el(el) (chondrálevro) n.
  • Italian: mangìme it(it) m.
  • Korean: 기울 ko(ko) (giul), 밀기울 ko(ko) (mil-giul)
  • Latvian: ēdiens lv(lv) f.

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Kurdish

Noun

meal

  1. meaning

Romansch

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Etymology

From Latin mel < Proto-Indo-European *mélh₁-it-.

Noun

meal m.

  1. (Sutsilvan) honey

Scottish Gaelic

Verb

meal (present participle mealadh or mealtainn)

  1. enjoy

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