merenda

See also: Merenda and merendá

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian merenda, from Latin merenda.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɛrɛnda]

Noun

merenda f

1. (archaic) dancing event

   Synonyms: veselice, zábava, veselka

2. (dialectal) boiled plums or plum jam with cream
3. (dialectal) mashed strawberries with cream

Declension

Declension of merenda (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	merenda	merendy
genitive	merendy	merend
dative	merendě	merendám
accusative	merendu	merendy
vocative	merendo	merendy
locative	merendě	merendách
instrumental	merendou	merendami

Further reading

• “merenda”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “merenda”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “merenda”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese merenda, from Latin merenda. Cognate with Portuguese merenda, Spanish merienda, Italian merenda.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /meˈɾenda/ [meˈɾen̪.d̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -enda

Noun

merenda f (plural merendas)

1. nuncheon; late afternoon snack
2. a light meal or snack had in between main meals
3. picnic

Derived terms

• merendar
• quitamerendas

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “merenda”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “merenda”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “merenda”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “merenda”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “merenda”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Italian

Etymology

From Latin merenda (“light evening meal”). Compare Galician and Portuguese merenda, Spanish merienda.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /meˈrɛn.da/
• Rhymes: -ɛnda
• Hyphenation: me‧rèn‧da

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Noun

merenda f (plural merende)

1. snack (usually an afternoon snack)

   Synonym: spuntino

2. tea, break
3. picnic

   Synonym: picnic

Derived terms

• merendina
• merendero

Anagrams

• darmene, mendare

Latin

Etymology

From mereō (“earn, deserve”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /meˈren.da/, [mɛˈrɛn̪d̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /meˈren.da/, [meˈrɛn̪d̪ä]

Noun

merenda f (genitive merendae); first declension

1. collation, light evening meal, an afternoon luncheon
2. a taste

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	merenda	merendae
genitive	merendae	merendārum
dative	merendae	merendīs
accusative	merendam	merendās
ablative	merendā	merendīs
vocative	merenda	merendae

Descendants

• Balkan Romance:
  • Aromanian: mirindi
  • Romanian: merinde
• Dalmatian:
  • marianda
• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: merenda
  • Neapolitan: merenna
  • Sicilian: mirenna
• Padanian:
  • Emilian: brenda, branda
  • Friulian: mirinde
  • Istriot: marenda
  • Ladin: marënda
  • Piedmontese: marenda
  • Romagnol: brenda
  • Romansch: marenda
    • → German: Marend
    • →? Mòcheno: marenn
  • Venetan: marenda
    • → Cimbrian: maren
• Northern Gallo-Romance:
  • Franco-Provençal: marendar
  • Old French: marende
    • Bourguignon: mairande
    • Walloon: marinde
• Southern Gallo-Romance:
  • Aragonese: brenna, berienda (Cheso, Tensino), brienda (Chistabín, Lanuza, Sobrarbe), brenda (other dialects), brena (Chistabín, Ribagorçan), berienda
  • Catalan: berena
  • Occitan: merenda
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Asturian: merienda
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: merenda
    • Galician: merenda
    • Portuguese: merenda
  • Spanish: merienda
    • → Moroccan Arabic: ميريندا
    • → Tagalog: merienda
• Insular Romance:
  • Sardinian: merenda

References

• “merenda”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• merenda in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “merenda”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “merenda”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
• “merenda”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /meˈɾẽ.dɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /meˈɾẽ.dɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /meˈɾẽ.da/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨˈɾẽ.dɐ/

• Rhymes: -ẽdɐ
• Hyphenation: me‧ren‧da

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese merenda, from Latin merenda (“light evening meal”). Compare Spanish merienda and Catalan berena.

Noun

merenda f (plural merendas)

1. a meal eaten by students in school
2. dunch (small meal between lunch and dinner)
3. snack

   Synonym: lanche

Derived terms

• merendar
• merendeiro

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

merenda

1. inflection of merendar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative