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merenda

See also: Merenda and merendá

Czech

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Italian merenda, from Latin merenda.

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Noun

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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

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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

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  • “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

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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merenda f (plural merendas)

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

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Italian

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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merenda f (plural merende)

  1. snack (usually an afternoon snack)
    Synonym: spuntino
  2. tea, break
  3. picnic
    Synonym: picnic

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Latin

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Etymology

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From mereō (“earn, deserve”).[1]

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Noun

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merenda f (genitive merendae); first declension

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

Declension

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First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative merenda merendae
Genitive merendae merendārum
Dative merendae merendīs
Accusative merendam merendās
Ablative merendā merendīs
Vocative merenda merendae

Descendants

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References

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  • “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
  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 374

Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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From Old Galician-Portuguese merenda, from Latin merenda (“light evening meal”).

Noun

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merenda f (plural merendas)

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

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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merenda

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