English Explanatory Dictionary

prandial

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of or pertaining to a meal, especially dinner.

Pronunciation

/ˈpɹæn.dɪ.əl/ /ˈpɹæn.di.əl/

Word forms

prandial

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin prandialis, or Latin prandium (“late breakfast; lunch”) + English -al (suffix forming adjectives). Prandium is possibly from Proto-Indo-European *pr̥h₃mós (“first”) (from *preh₃-) + *h₁ed- (“to eat”) + Latin -ium (suffix forming nouns).

Related words

dinnerlike

Derived words

anteprandial interprandial periprandial postprandial postprandially prandially preprandial preprandially
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