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Definition: Meal |
MealNoun1. The food served and eaten at one time. 2. Coarsely ground foodstuff; especially seeds of various cereal grasses or pulse. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "meal" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
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19th Century Satire | According to the Liquor Law, a minute bunch of crumbs entirely surrounded by booze. Source: Foolish Dictionary, 1904. |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
A meal is an instance of eating, specifically one that takes place at a specific time and includes specific, prepared foodstuffs.Meals
Eating utensils
- Breakfast
- Elevenses
- Brunch
- Lunch
- Afternoon tea
- High tea
- Dinner
- Supper
- Dessert
Food is often eaten from individual plates or bowls, though in some cultures people eat from a common one. For some small pieces of food that can be held in the hand easily, e.g. cookies, it is more widespread to eat from a common plate or biscuit tin, etc.
- Chopsticks
- Knife
- Fork
- Spoon
In some religions people pray before starting eating. In some cultures, it is considered rude to start eating before everyone sitting at chairs.
A picnic is an outdoor meal, where one brings one's food such as sandwich and it usually takes place in parks or forest.
Meals are served at home, restaurants and cafeteria. Meals are usually conjectured with occasions such as birthday parties, wedding banquet.
Colleges and universites require their students to choose certain meal plan.
See also food, potluck, restaurant.
Meal is coarsely ground grain or other seed, coarser than flour.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Meal."
Synonym: MealSynonym: repast (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. |
Prediction | Anthropomancy; by the entrails of fishes, Ichthyomancy; by sacrificial fire, Pyromancy; by red-hot iron, Sideromancy; by smoke from the altar, Capnomancy; by mice, Myomancy; by birds, Orniscopy, Ornithomancy;Anthropomancy; by the entrails of fishes, Ichthyomancy; by sacrificial fire, Pyromancy; by red-hot iron, Sideromancy; by smoke from the altar, Capnomancy; by mice, Myomancy; by birds, Orniscopy, Ornithomancy; by a cock picking up grains, Alectryomancy (or Alectromancy); by fishes, Ophiomancy; by herbs, Botanomancy; by water, Hydromancy; by fountains, Pegomancy; by a wand, Rhabdomancy; by dough of cakes, Crithomancy; by meal, Aleuromancy, Alphitomancy; by salt, Halomancy; by dice, Cleromancy; by arrows, Belomancy; by a balanced hatchet, Axinomancy; by a balanced sieve |
Pulverulence | Powder, dust, sand, shingle; sawdust; grit; meal, bran, flour, farina, rice, paddy, spore, sporule; crumb, seed, grain; particle. (smallness); limature, filings, debris, detritus, tailings, talus slope, scobs, magistery, fine powder; flocculi. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Meal |
| English words defined with "meal": matzah meal, matzo meal, matzoh meal, Meal beetle, Meal moth, meal ticket, Meal worm ♦ soybean meal, square meal ♦ whole meal flour. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "meal": COOKER, MEAL ♦ fish meal lung ♦ Hearty meal, HORSE'S MEAL ♦ Malt ... Meal, Maut gets abune the Meal, meal cook, Meal or Malt, meal temperer. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "meal": scone. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Meal" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. Scottish (enjoy, possess). |
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Screenplays | Ah, you can be the toy that comes with the meal. (Toy Story 2; writing credit: John Lasseter; Peter Docter) Barry can pick out the exact right flavor of ice cream to follow any meal. Go ahead (City Slickers; writing credit: Lowell Ganz; Babaloo Mandel) Which does not include prayer time, meal time, or any time I'm outnumbered six to one (Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves; writing credit: Pen Densham and John Watson.) It used to be a better meal, now it's a better life (Jerry Maguire; writing credit: Cameron Crowe) Hey-a, Loon girl any guess as what today's mystery meal is (Tiny Toon Adventures; writing credit: Charles Adler; Pat Allee) | |
Lyrics | Made a meal out of me and came back for more (YOU SHOOK ME ALL NIGHT LONG; performing artist: AC/DC) About having to be scrounging for your next meal. (Like a Rolling Stone; performing artist: Bob Dylan) Keepin it real, enables me to make another meal (Keep Their Headz Ringin; performing artist: Dr. Dre) You can't remember when you got your last meal (Once Bitten Twice Shy; performing artist: Great White) This Roman Meal bakery thought you'd like to know ("Another Brick in the Wall"; performing artist: Pink Floyd) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Let's Make a Meal in 20 Minutes (1950) The Fable of All That Triangle Stuff As Sized Up by the Meal Ticket (1917) Happifat's Interrupted Meal (1916) The Fable of Elvira and Farina and the Meal Ticket (1915) Baby's Meal (1901) | |
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 | (1) color slide shows two tamales on a plate. (traditional mexican dish made of mixed and seasoned meat in a corn meal crust served inside corn husks). Credit: Renee Comet (photographer). |  | A man, a woman and a girl are in the kitchen preparing a meal. See artwork: PV-44. Credit: Bill Branson (photographer). |
 | A blocked flea, i.e. dark spots in stomach, is unable to ingest its blood meal because of a mass of bacteria within the proventriculus, preventing passage of food from the esophagus to the stomach. Credit: CDC. |  | Slide shows unblocked anterior portion of the digestive track of X. cheopis. A blocked flea is unable to ingest its blood meal because a mass of bacteria is preventing passage of blood from the esophagus to the stomach. Credit: CDC. |
 | What appears as a bird's head, leaning over to snatch up a tasty meal, is a striking example ... Credit: NASA. |  | The galley slave getting ready to prepare the evening meal. Aboard the headboat YANKEE CAPTAIN out of Gloucester. Credit: Fisheries. |
 | North Carolina National Estuarine Research Reserve. Sanderlings patrolling the inter-tidal zone looking for a meal. Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR). |  | North Inlet - Winyah Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. These hungry great egret chicks await a meal of regurgitated fish from their parents. Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR). |
 | Nassau grouper eyeing its next meal. Epinephelus striatus. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP). |  | Chief Cook Doretha and 2nd Cook Sarah Satterfield prepare another fine meal in the ship's galley. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |
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| "Pelican after his meal" by Brendan Paxton Commentary: "Pelican after he ate his sand perch (small fish). to see his features without the darkness, open the fullsize :)." | "Nachos" by Jean-philippe Dufour Commentary: "A delicious meal !." |
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Joey Adams | After a meal in a posh restaurant -- you feel like an after dinner mint -- the one in Denver. |
Samuel Johnson | Their learning is like bread in a besieged town: every man gets a little, but no man gets a full meal. |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Nothing could be more frugal than this meal. |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | Mr Dedalus had ordered drisheens for breakfast and during the meal he crossexamined the waiter for local news |
Time Enough for Love | Robert Heinlein | A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | ) Rye meal. |
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Health | Eat a light meal before treatment. (references) | |
A good meal plan can improve your dialysis and your health. (references) | ||
Three to six tablets are taken just before a meal or snack. (references) | ||
Business | Much business is conducted over a meal, including alcoholic beverages. (references) | |
Know-how and experience is required in many phases such as in the layout of club houses, interior/exterior design, location of restaurant and repair shop (pleasure boaters love to see their boats go through the touch-up process while enjoying a good meal), and landscaping. (references) | ||
A product that is made by using enzymes which were produced by genetically modified organisms can not, for example, be labeled GMO-free, neither can animal products coming from animals which have been fed with genetically modified corn meal. Furthermore, anyone who wants to label products GMO-free needs to provide evidence that requirements are fulfilled. (references) | ||
Children | South Africa | There are a number of governmental social welfare programs for children, known as "Presidential Initiatives," including free health care for pregnant women and children under 6 years of age and school meal programs for primary school children. (references) |
Lesotho | The Government began implementation of a new program that provides free public education through the primary grades (1 through 6). The program commenced in all schools in the first grade during 2000, and it covered the costs of school fees, books, and one meal per day. (references) | |
Economic History | Philippines | The value of soybean meal in 2000 was $166 million. (references) |
Human Rights | Mozambique | Most prisoners received only one meal per day on a regular basis. (references) |
Dominican Republic | Inmates charge that they are only given one meal per day and that the food is inedible. (references) | |
Cameroon | Prisoners reportedly have one meal per day and receive 4.4 ounces of soap every 6 months. (references) | |
Political Economy | POLAND | Poland banned imports of meat and bone meal (MBM) in February 2001from countries that have Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE). (references) |
TURKEY | Most workers in Turkey receive nonwage benefits such as transportation and meal allowances, and some also receive housing or subsidized vacations. (references) | |
Trade | Colombia | Agricultural commodities that require MOA approval for import licenses include wheat, poultry meat, malting barley, corn, rice, sorghum, wheat flour, oilseeds and their products (soybeans, soybean meal and soybean oil). (references) |
Travel | Bulgaria | It is possible to have a good meal for well under $15. (references) |
Albania | Generally, the person who invites a person for a meal or drink also pays. (references) | |
Slovak Rep | Food prices in restaurants are generally not expensive, averaging about $3-12 per meal. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Turkey | Workers covered by the labor law, who constitute approximately one-third of the total labor force, also receive a hot meal or a daily food allowance and other fringe benefits that, according to the Turkish Employers' Association, make basic wages alone account for only approximately 37.3 percent of total compensation. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | STORY, n. A narrative, commonly untrue. The truth of the stories here following has, however, not been successfully impeached. One evening Mr. Rudolph Block, of New York, found himself seated at dinner alongside Mr. Percival Pollard, the distinguished critic. "Mr. Pollard," said he, "my book, The Biography of a Dead Cow, is published anonymously, but you can hardly be ignorant of its authorship. Yet in reviewing it you speak of it as the work of the Idiot of the Century. Do you think that fair criticism?" "I am very sorry, sir," replied the critic, amiably, "but it did not occur to me that you really might not wish the public to know who wrote it." Mr. W.C. Morrow, who used to live in San Jose, California, was addicted to writing ghost stories which made the reader feel as if a stream of lizards, fresh from the ice, were streaking it up his back and hiding in his hair. San Jose was at that time believed to be haunted by the visible spirit of a noted bandit named Vasquez, who had been hanged there. The town was not very well lighted, and it is putting it mildly to say that San Jose was reluctant to be out o' nights. One particularly dark night two gentlemen were abroad in the loneliest spot within the city limits, talking loudly to keep up their courage, when they came upon Mr. J.J. Owen, a well-known journalist. "Why, Owen," said one, "what brings you here on such a night as this? You told me that this is one of Vasquez' favorite haunts! And you are a believer. Aren't you afraid to be out?" "My dear fellow," the journalist replied with a drear autumnal cadence in his speech, like the moan of a leaf-laden wind, "I am afraid to be in. I have one of Will Morrow's stories in my pocket and I don't dare to go where there is light enough to read it." Rear-Admiral Schley and Representative Charles F. Joy were standing near the Peace Monument, in Washington, discussing the question, Is success a failure? Mr. Joy suddenly broke off in the middle of an eloquent sentence, exclaiming: "Hello! I've heard that band before. Santlemann's, I think." "I don't hear any band," said Schley. "Come to think, I don't either," said Joy; "but I see General Miles coming down the avenue, and that pageant always affects me in the same way as a brass band. One has to scrutinize one's impressions pretty closely, or one will mistake their origin." While the Admiral was digesting this hasty meal of philosophy General Miles passed in review, a spectacle of impressive dignity. When the tail of the seeming procession had passed and the two observers had recovered from the transient blindness caused by its effulgence -- "He seems to be enjoying himself," said the Admiral. "There is nothing," assented Joy, thoughtfully, "that he enjoys one-half so well." The illustrious statesman, Champ Clark, once lived about a mile from the village of Jebigue, in Missouri. One day he rode into town on a favorite mule, and, hitching the beast on the sunny side of a street, in front of a saloon, he went inside in his character of teetotaler, to apprise the barkeeper that wine is a mocker. It was a dreadfully hot day. Pretty soon a neighbor came in and seeing Clark, said: "Champ, it is not right to leave that mule out there in the sun. He'll roast, sure! -- he was smoking as I passed him." "O, he's all right," said Clark, lightly; "he's an inveterate smoker." The neighbor took a lemonade, but shook his head and repeated that it was not right. He was a conspirator. There had been a fire the night before: a stable just around the corner had burned and a number of horses had put on their immortality, among them a young colt, which was roasted to a rich nut-brown. Some of the boys had turned Mr. Clark's mule loose and substituted the mortal part of the colt. Presently another man entered the saloon. "For mercy's sake!" he said, taking it with sugar, "do remove that mule, barkeeper: it smells." "Yes," interposed Clark, "that animal has the best nose in Missouri. But if he doesn't mind, you shouldn't." In the course of human events Mr. Clark went out, and there, apparently, lay the incinerated and shrunken remains of his charger. The boys idd not have any fun out of Mr. Clarke, who looked at the body and, with the non-committal expression to which he owes so much of his political preferment, went away. But walking home late that night he saw his mule standing silent and solemn by the wayside in the misty moonlight. Mentioning the name of Helen Blazes with uncommon emphasis, Mr. Clark took the back track as hard as ever he could hook it, and passed the night in town. General H.H. Wotherspoon, president of the Army War College, has a pet rib-nosed baboon, an animal of uncommon intelligence but imperfectly beautiful. Returning to his apartment one evening, the General was surprised and pained to find Adam (for so the creature is named, the general being a Darwinian) sitting up for him and wearing his master's best uniform coat, epaulettes and all. "You confounded remote ancestor!" thundered the great strategist, "what do you mean by being out of bed after naps? -- and with my coat on!" Adam rose and with a reproachful look got down on all fours in the manner of his kind and, scuffling across the room to a table, returned with a visiting-card: General Barry had called and, judging by an empty champagne bottle and several cigar-stumps, had been hospitably entertained while waiting. The general apologized to his faithful progenitor and retired. The next day he met General Barry, who said: "Spoon, old man, when leaving you last evening I forgot to ask you about those excellent cigars. Where did you get them?" General Wotherspoon did not deign to reply, but walked away. "Pardon me, please," said Barry, moving after him; "I was joking of course. Why, I knew it was not you before I had been in the room fifteen minutes." |
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David Letterman | Nothing's wrong with your brother, but you know by now they're in it for the free meal. You must know by now that that's why they're here. Of course, look at them. |
Dennis Miller | See how happy that happy meal is. |
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| "Meal" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.98% of the time. "Meal" is used about 4,259 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 99.98% | 4,258 | 2,305 |
| Unclassified Items | 0.02% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 4,259 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "meal": a decent meal ♦ a square meal ♦ abstemious meal ♦ afternoon meal ♦ barium meal ♦ barley meal ♦ be meal with one's money ♦ blood meal ♦ bone meal ♦ buy smb. meal ♦ by meal ♦ common meal ♦ corn meal ♦ Cottonseed meal ♦ durum wheat meal ♦ evening meal ♦ fish meal ♦ fish meal lung ♦ fossil meal ♦ funeral meal ♦ get a meal ready ♦ go out for a meal ♦ grit meal ♦ have a hasty meal ♦ have a meal ♦ Haver meal ♦ hearty meal ♦ hot meal ♦ indian meal ♦ instant meal ♦ large meal ♦ light meal ♦ Linseed meal ♦ main meal ♦ make a meal of smth. ♦ matzah meal ♦ matzo meal ♦ matzoh meal ♦ Meal beetle ♦ meal card ♦ Meal moth ♦ meal plan ♦ meal ready to eat ♦ meal ticket ♦ meal time ♦ meal worm ♦ meat meal ♦ midday meal ♦ mountain meal ♦ oil meal ♦ opaque meal ♦ pay for the meal ♦ pease meal ♦ principal meal ♦ put smb. off his meal ♦ quick meal ♦ raw meal ♦ remains of the meal ♦ rock meal ♦ scanty meal ♦ scrappy meal ♦ scratch meal ♦ set meal ♦ slap up meal ♦ snatch a meal ♦ solid meal ♦ soybean meal ♦ square meal ♦ stand meal ♦ substantial meal ♦ table d'hote meal ♦ take a meal ♦ take meal ♦ tuck into a meal ♦ wade into a meal ♦ walk off a big meal ♦ warm meal ♦ wheat meal ♦ whip up a meal ♦ whole meal ♦ whole meal bread ♦ whole meal flour ♦ witch meal. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "meal": meal-break, meal-dust, meal-in-a-glass, meal-moth, Meal-mouthed, meal-offering, meal-stimulated, meal-taking, meal-ticket, meal-time, meal-times, meal-tub. | |
Ending with "meal": after-meal, barley-meal, bar-meal, between-meal, bone-meal, boogie-meal, cat-meal, cod-meal, fish-meal, Give-us-a-meal, mid-meal, milknut-meal, piece-meal, pre-meal, ready-meal, register-meal, whole-meal, witch-meal. | |
Containing "meal": whole-meal bread. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| 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 | Expression | Frequency per Day |
meal | 944 | easy meal | 84 |
quick meal | 712 | mcdonalds happy meal | 83 |
frozen meal | 611 | mcdonalds happy meal toy | 77 |
nutritious meal | 580 | 30 meal minute rachel ray | 74 |
meal on wheels | 417 | malt meal o | 72 |
30 minute meal | 393 | diabetic meal | 70 |
meal planning | 235 | bar bar bar heidi meal nutrition power replacement skolnik sports | 69 |
meal plan | 193 | quick and easy meal | 69 |
low carb meal | 189 | atkins diet meal plan | 66 |
meal replacement | 150 | low calorie meal | 65 |
diabetic meal plan | 144 | cheap meal | 64 |
healthy meal | 130 | happy meal toy | 63 |
vegetarian meal | 117 | happy meal | 63 |
meal worm | 116 | agriculture copra meal | 62 |
meal ready to eat | 109 | atkins meal plan | 62 |
meal planner | 105 | crock pot meal | 59 |
low fat meal | 100 | kid meal | 58 |
diet meal plan | 89 | meal replacement shake | 57 |
agriculture cottonseed meal | 87 | zone meal | 56 |
camping meal | 84 | healthy meal plan | 55 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "meal"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | maaltyd, ete. (various references) | |
Albanian | miell misri (corn-flour, cornstarch), vakt (mealtime, repast, time), ushqim i ngrënë. (various references) | |
Arabic | وجبة (portion, repast), تناول الطعام (mess), دقيق طحين, دقيق (accurate, careful, close, delicate, elaborate, exact, express, farina, fine, flour, inappreciable, infinitesimal, intangible, just, keen, mathematical, nearness, nice, painstaking, particular, pernickety, precise, punctilious, punctual, rigorous, scrupulous, searching, sharp, sound, specific, straightforward, strict, ticklish, tiny, touchy, tricky, true, veracious). (various references) | |
Basque | irin (flour). (various references) | |
Bavarian | dogddessn (dinner, midday meal). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | ядене (eating, feed, meat, provender, repast, scoff), хранене (alimentation, feed, feeding, nourishment, nurture, nutrition, sustenance), храна (aliment, board, boarding, chow, chuck, diet, dietary, eating, edibles, fare, feed, fodder, food, fuel, meat, nourishment, nurture, nutriment, nutrition, pabulum, provender, rations, scran, sustenance, tack, viands, victuals), царевично брашно, едро смляно брашно (kibble), брашно (flour). (various references) | |
Catalan | menjar (eat, feed). (various references) | |
Chinese | 膳食 . (various references) | |
Cornish | prýs (time). (various references) | |
Czech | jídlo (chop suey, dish, feed, food, nurture, repast, sustenance, tack, tuck, victual, victuals). (various references) | |
Danish | mel (flour), måltid. (various references) | |
Dutch | meel (flour), bloem (bloom, flour, flower). (various references) | |
Esperanto | manĝo, grio, faruno (flour). (various references) | |
Faeroese | mjøl (flour), grýn. (various references) | |
Farsi | غذا (Cuisine, Dish, Foster, Fuel, Meat, Nourishment, Nurture, Nutrition, Provender, Viand), خوراکی (Chow, Edible, Larder), شام یانهار. (various references) | |
Finnish | jauhot (flour), jauho (flour), ateria (feed). (various references) | |
French | repas (meals), farine. (various references) | |
Frisian | moal (flour). (various references) | |
German | Mahlzeit (banquet, dinner, feed, repast), Essen (cooking, dine, dinner, eat, eating, feed, food, hall, luncheon, mess, to eat), Mehl (farina, flour, powder), Mahl (dinner, repast). (various references) | |
Greek | γεύμα (repast). (various references) | |
Guarani | karu. (various references) | |
Haitian Creole | manje. (various references) | |
Hebrew | ארוחה (dish, food, spread). (various references) | |
Hungarian | étkezés (eating, gorge, repast), étel (damper, dub, eat, eatables, eating, fare, food, jock, meat, mess, nourishment, nutriment, scarf, scran), liszt (Farina, flour, whole wheat), korpa (bran, dandruff, furfur), durva liszt, csontliszt. (various references) | |
Icelandic | mjöl (flour). (various references) | |
Indonesian | makanan (board, edibles, food, nourishment), makan, tepung (flour). (various references) | |
Irish | béile. (various references) | |
Italian | pasto (dinner, feed, scoff). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 粉 (flour, powder). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ぜん (ago, all, before, cancer, complete, entire, former, good, goodness, niche or alcove for an image, one-time, overall, pan, prayer, previous, right, table, the above, tray, virtue, vow, whole, wish, Zen), ミール (mir), しょくじ (dietary cure, typesetting), しょく (diet, employment, food, foodstuff), ごはん (misjudgement, rice), こな (flour, powder), エッセン . (various references) | |
Korean | 식사 (Dining, Meals, snack). (various references) | |
Manx | meinn. (various references) | |
Maya | ma'a-ki'il (meatless meal), haal-hanal (to serve a meal), dzaah-hanal (to prepare a meal). (various references) | |
Norwegian | mel (flour), måltid (feed). (various references) | |
Occitan | farina (flour). (various references) | |
Papiamen | kuminda (food), komementu, komemento, hariña (flour), ariña (flour). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ealmay.(various references) | |
Polish | mąka (flour). (various references) | |
Portuguese | refeição (feed, meat). (various references) | |
Portuguese Brazilian | refeição. (various references) | |
Romanian | masã (avoirdupois, block, board, body, bulk, clump, congeries, cooking, crop, crowd, cuisine, dinner, dusty treat, feast, gross, lump, mass, meat, multitude, people, repast, shoal, table, throng, tuck in). (various references) | |
Russian | еда (chow, eats, fare, fast food, food, grub, knife and fork, meat, potluck, prog, repast). (various references) | |
Scottish | min. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | obrok (mess, ration, repast), obed, krupno brašno (semolina). (various references) | |
Sicilian | pastu. (various references) | |
Spanish | comida (chow, cuisine, dining, dinner, eating, fare, feed, feeding, food, Frankfurter, grub, lunch, luncheon, midday meal, nosh, provender, repast, scoff, scoffing), harina (breadstuff, Farina, flour). (various references) | |
Sranan | grin (flour), bron (burn, flour). (various references) | |
Swahili | unga (flour). (various references) | |
Swazi | ím-phuphu (mealie-meal). (various references) | |
Swedish | måltid (repast), mål mat. (various references) | |
Tagalog | pagkáin (food). (various references) | |
Tahitian | tam£'ara'a. (various references) | |
Thai | อาหาร (board, diet, eatable, eating, edible, fare, feed, feeder, food, grub, meals, munch, nosh, nosh-up), ธัญพืชบด, มื้อ. (various references) | |
Turkish | yemek (chow, crop, dine off, dine on, dinner, dish, eat, feed, food, grub, ingest, Peck, repast, scoff, scran), kaba un, öğün (repast). (various references) | |
Turkmen | nahar (food), зaя-зцrek, biю-duю. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | їсти (eat, nosh, tuck away), їда (eating, nurture, repast), харчування (aliment, alimentation, alimony, feed, feeding, food, living, nourishment, nurture, nutriment, nutrition, sustenance, sustentation), годувати (cater, diet, feed, meat, nourish, nurture, nutrify). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | bột ngô (indian meal), bột chưa rây (whole meal), bữa cơm tối (evening meal, supper), bữa cơm chiều (evening meal). (various references) | |
Welsh | saig (dish, mess), pryd (aspect, complexion, form, season, since, time, when, while), cwynos (supper), blawd (flour). (various references) | |
Yucatec | hanlil, haanal. (various references) | |
Zulu | ukudla (eat, feed, food, nourishment). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Sumerian | 3100 BCE-2500 BCE | bur, zid. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | cena, far farris, farina, farinae, farinam, mensa, mensae, mensam, mensamque, mensarum, mensas, mensis, pultes. (various references) |
| Late Latin | 300-700 | repastus. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Genesis Chapter 27, Verse 10 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai eisoiseiV tw patri sou kai fagetai opwV euloghsh se o pathr sou pro tou apoqanein auton |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Quas cum intuleris et comederit benedicat tibi priusquam moriatur |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | The whiche whan thow bryngist yn, and he etith, he blisse to thee or than he die. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And thou shalt brige it to thi father and he shal eate yt he maye blysse the before his deth |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And thou shalt bring it to thy father, that he may eat, and that he may bless thee before his death. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And thou shalt bring it to thy father, that he may eat, and that he may bless thee before his death. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And you will take it to him, so that he may have a good meal and give you his blessing before his death. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Genesis Chapter 27, Verse 10 |
| Cebuano | Ug dad-on mo kini sa imong amahan, aron mokaon siya, sa ingon niana ikaw panalanginan niya sa dili pa mamatay siya. |
| Croatian | Onda ti donesi svome ocu da jede te tebe mogne blagosloviti prije nego umre." |
| Danish | bring så den ind til din Fader, at han kan spise, for at han kan velsigne dig før sin Død!" |
| Dutch | En gij zult ze tot uw vader brengen, en hij zal eten, opdat hij u zegene voor zijn dood. |
| Finnish | Ja sinun on vietävä se isäsi syödä, että hän siunaisi sinut, ennenkuin kuolee." |
| French | et tu le porteras à manger à ton père, afin qu`il te bénisse avant sa mort. |
| German | Das sollst du deinem Vater hineintragen, daß er esse, auf daß er dich segne vor seinem Tode. |
| Haitian Creole | W'a pote l' bay papa ou, la manje, la beni ou anvan l' mouri. |
| Hungarian | Te pedig beviszed atyádnak, hogy egyék, azért, hogy téged áldjon meg, minekelõtte meghal. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Kemudian bawalah kepadanya supaya dimakannya, dan setelah itu ia akan memberikan berkatnya kepadamu sebelum ia meninggal." |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka engkau akan membawakan dia kepada bapamu, biar dimakannya, supaya diberkatinya akan dikau dahulu dari pada matinya. |
| Italian | Così tu lo porterai a tuo padre che ne mangerà, perché ti benedica prima della sua morte». |
| Maori | A mau e kawe ki tou papa, kia kai ia, kia manaaki ai ia i a koe kei wha mate ia. |
| Norwegian | Og du skal gå inn med den til din far, så han kan ete av den og velsigne dig, før han dør. |
| Portuguese | e levá-lo-ás a teu pai, para que o coma, a fim de te abençoar antes da sua morte. |
| Rumanian | tu ai s`o duci tatqlui tqu s`o mqnknce, ca sq te binecuvinteze knainte de moartea lui.`` |
| Russian | Б ФЩ РТЙОЕУЕЫШ ПФГХ ФЧПЕНХ, Й ПО РПЕУФ, ЮФПВЩ ВМБЗПУМПЧЙФШ ФЕВС РТЕД УНЕТФША УЧПЕА. |
| Spanish | Tú se lo llevarás a tu padre; y comerá, para que te bendiga antes de su muerte. |
| Swedish | Och du skall bära in den till din fader till att äta, på det att han må välsigna dig, förrän han dör." |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "meal": mealie, mealier, mealies, mealiest, mealless, meals, mealtime, mealtimes, mealworm, mealworms, mealy, mealybug, mealybugs, mealymouthed. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "meal": bonemeal, cornmeal, fishmeal, inchmeal, oatmeal, piecemeal, premeal. (additional references) | |
Words containing "meal": bonemeals, cornmeals, fishmeals, oatmeals. (additional references) | |
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"Meal" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: eal, Emel, Emla, imeal, Jeal, maal, Maef, mael, Maev, mapal, Mbela, Mcal, meab, Meac, meae, meaf, meah, Meak, Meala, Mealda, meale, meam, meap, Mear, meau, meax, meayl, meazle, Meehl, meel, megal, megali, meha, Mehal, Mehale, mehl, meial, meil, meile, meill, meio, Meisl, meja, mel, mela, melalap, melan, Melao, mele, melg, mell, melz, Meol, Meole, mepa, meqal, meral, metl, Meuli, mexa, meya, mgal, Mhala, Mheall, miai, mial, Miao, mical, miell, Mihalj, mila, minal, mnea, Moal, moval, Muehl, mugal, muzal, mwali, myall, myel, Smeal, Umea. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
