Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowing from French bon appétit, from bon (“good”) + appétit (“appetite”).
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˌboʊn æpeɪˈtiː/
- enPR: /bōn'-ä-pā-tēʹ/
Interjection
bon appétit!
- Used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat.
Synonyms
Translations
used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
- Afrikaans: lekker eet (af)
- Albanian: ju bëftë mirë (sq), t'boftë mire (sq)
- Arabic: بالهناء والشفاء (ar) (bi-'l-hanāʾ wa-'l-šifāʾ), شهية طيبة (ar) (šahya ṭayyiba)
- Egyptian Arabic: بالهنا والشفا (belhana weshefa)
- Armenian: բարի ախորժակ (hy) (bari axoržak)
- Azeri: nuş olsun (az)
- Belarusian: прыемнага апетыту (be) (pryjémnaha apetýtu)
- Bulgarian: бон апети (bg) (bon apetí), добър апетит (bg) (dóbǎr apetít)
- Catalan: bon profit (ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: (lit. "eat slowly" but used in the same context) 慢慢吃 (cmn) (mànmàn chī), 請慢用 (cmn), 请慢用 (cmn) (qǐng màn yòng)
- Crimean Tatar: aş olsun
- Czech: dobrou chuť (cs)
- Danish: velbekomme (da)
- Dutch: smakelijk eten (nl), eet smakelijk (nl)
- Esperanto: bonan apetiton
- Estonian: head isu (et)
- Finnish: hyvää ruokahalua (fi)
- French: bon appétit (fr)
- Georgian: ღმერთმა შეგარგოთ (ka) (ḡmert'ma šegargot'), გაამოთ (ka) (gaamot'), გაამოს (ka) (gaamos)
- German: guten Appetit (de), (singular informal) lass es dir schmecken (de), (plural informal) lasst es euch schmecken (de), (formal) lassen Sie es sich schmecken (de), (colloquial) Mahlzeit (de)
- Greek: καλή όρεξη (el) (kalí órexi)
- Hebrew: בתאבון (he) (b'te'avón)
- Hindi: सुख भोजन (hi) (sukh bhojan)
- Hungarian: jó étvágyat (hu)
- Icelandic: verði þér að góðu (is), verði ykkur að góðu (is)
- Indonesian: selamat makan (id)
- Italian: buon appetito (it)
- Japanese: どうぞ召し上がれ (ja) (dōzo meshiagare), どうぞごゆっくり (ja) (dōzo go-yukkuri) (lit. "do it slowly" but used in the same context)
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- Kannada: ಚೆನ್ನಾಗಿ ಊಟ ಮಾಡಿ (kn) (chennagi oota maadi)
- Kazakh: ас болсын (kk) (as bolsın)
- Korean: 맛있게 드세요 (ko) (masitge deuseyo)
- Kyrgyz: аш болсун (ky) (aš bolsun)
- Latin: bene sapiat (la)
- Latvian: labu apetīti (lv)
- Lithuanian: gero apetito (lt), skanaus (lt)
- Malay: selamat makan (ms), selamat menjamu selera (ms)
- Maltese: l-ikla t-tajba (mt)
- Mongolian: сайхан хооллоорой (mn) (sajhan hoollooroj)
- Norwegian: velbekomme (no), spis godt (no) håper det smaker (no)
- Persian: نوش جان (fa) (nuš-e jân)
- Polish: smacznego (pl)
- Portuguese: bom apetite (pt)
- Romanian: poftă bună (ro)
- Russian: приятного аппетита (ru) (prijátnovo appetíta) (letter "г" (g) is pronounced /v/ here)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: пријатно (sh), добар тек (sh)
- Roman: prijatno (sh), dobar tek (sh)
- Slovak: dobrú chuť (sk)
- Slovene: dober tek (sl)
- Spanish: buen provecho (es), que aproveche (es)
- Swedish: smaklig måltid (sv)
- Tahitian: tama’a maita’i
- Tatar: тәмле булсын (tt) (tämle bulsın)
- Thai: เชิญทานครับ (th) (chern taan kráp) m, เชิญทานค่ะ (th) (chern taan kâ) f, ขอให้เจริญอาหาร (th) (kŏr hâi jà-rern aa-hăan)
- Turkish: afiyet olsun (tr)
- Udmurt: ческыд мед кошкоз
- Ukrainian: смачного (uk) (smačnóho), приємного апетиту (uk) (pryjémnoho apetýtu)
- Uzbek: yoqimli ishtaha (uz)
- Veps: hüväd litud
- Vietnamese: ăn nào (vi), ăn ngon nhé (vi), chúc ngon miệng (vi)
- Xhosa: ukonwabele ukutya kwakho (xh)
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