lunchtime

See also: lunch-time

English

Alternative forms

• lunch-time, lunch time

Etymology

From lunch +‎ time.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlʌnt͡ʃtaɪm/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

lunchtime (countable and uncountable, plural lunchtimes)

1. The time or hour at or around which lunch is normally eaten.
2. A break in work or school to eat lunch.

   It's almost lunchtime, so I think I'll finish up later this afternoon.

Derived terms

• gone by lunchtime
• legend in one's own lunchtime
• lunchtime abortion

 

Translations

time or hour for lunch

• Bashkir: төш (töş)
• Chickasaw: tabookoli
• Finnish: lounasaika (fi)
• German: Mittagszeit (de) f, Mittagspause (de) f
• Hungarian: ebédidő (hu)
• Irish: am lóin m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: lunsjtid m or f

  Nynorsk: lunsjtid f

• Russian: обе́д (ru) m (obéd)
• Swedish: lunchtid (sv) c
• Turkish: öğle arası, öğle tatili
• Urdu: ظُہْرانَہ m (zuhrāna)