English Explanatory Dictionary

dine

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To eat; to eat dinner or supper.
  2. To give a dinner to; to furnish with the chief meal; to feed.
  3. To dine upon; to have to eat.
noun
  1. Dinnertime.
name
  1. A surname.
name
  1. Alternative form of Diné.
name
  1. A barangay of Kasibu, Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines.

Pronunciation

/daɪn/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-dine.wav LL-Q1860 (eng)-Zazollo-dine.wav

Word forms

dine dines dining dined

Etymology

From Middle English dynen, from Old French disner (“to dine, eat the main meal of the day”), from Vulgar Latin *disiūnāre (“to eat breakfast”), from *disieiūnāre (“to break the fast”), from Late Latin, from dis- + iēiūnō (“to fast”), from Latin ieiūnus.

Synonyms

dinner

Related words

dinner

Derived words

dine and dash dine at the Y dine in dine-in dine on ashes dine out dine out on diner dinery dinette dineware dine with Duke Humphrey dining interdine undined wine and dine
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