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Definitions: Dejeuner |
DejeunerNoun1. A midday meal. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "dejeuner" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1837. (references) |
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Satire | DEJEUNER, n. The breakfast of an American who has been in Paris. Variously pronounced. Source: Devil's Dictionary. |
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Synonyms: DejeunerSynonyms: lunch (n), luncheon (n), tiffin (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Food | Meal, repast, feed, spread; mess; dish, plate, course; regale; regalement, refreshment, entertainment; refection, collation, picnic, feast, banquet, junket; breakfast; lunch, luncheon; dejeuner, bever, tiffin, dinner, supper, snack, junk food, fast food, whet, bait, dessert; potluck, table d'hote, dejeuner a la fourchette; hearty meal, square meal, substantial meal, full meal; blowout; light refreshment; bara, chotahazri; bara khana. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Dejeuner |
| English words defined with "dejeuner": Dejeune ♦ petit dejeuner. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "dejeuner": D'ejeuner. (references) |
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Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | DEJEUNER, n. The breakfast of an American who has been in Paris. Variously pronounced. |
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Expression using "dejeuner": petit dejeuner. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
dejeuner lit petit | 21 |
dejeuner | 15 |
cora dejeuner | 7 |
affair dejeuner | 6 |
dejeuner sur l herbe | 5 |
dejeuner petit | 5 |
cheque dejeuner | 3 |
dejeuner le petit | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "dejeuner"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Russian | парадный или официальный завтрак. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "dejeuner": dejeuners. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-e-e-j-n-r-u" | |
-2 letters: endure, enured, jeered, jereed, needer. | |
-3 letters: ender, endue, enure, nuder, undee, under. | |
-4 letters: deer, dene, dere, dree, dune, dure, durn, erne, jeed, jeer, need, nerd, nude, nurd, rede, reed, rend, rude, rued, rune, unde. | |
-5 letters: dee, den, due, dun, end, ere, ern, jee, jeu, jun, nee, red, ree, rue, run, urd, urn. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-e-e-e-j-n-r-u" | |
+1 letter: dejeuners. | |
+3 letters: rejuvenated. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)44 65 6A 65 75 6E 65 72 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.. . .--- . ..- -. . .-. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000100 01100101 01101010 01100101 01110101 01101110 01100101 01110010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D e j e u n e r |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 0065 006A 0065 0075 006E 0065 0072 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3871767187807184 |
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