snack

EnglishEdit

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /snæk/
Rhymes: -æk

Etymology 1Edit

From Middle Dutch snacken (“to snack”).

NounEdit

snack (plural snacks)

A light meal.
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:meal
An item of food eaten between meals.

Derived termsEdit

Derived terms

TranslationsEdit

a light meal

Arabic: وَجْبَة خَفِيفَة‎ f (wajba ḵafīfa)
Burmese: သရေစာ (my) (sa.reca), မုန့် (my) (mun.)
Catalan: refrigeri m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 零食 (zh) (língshí), 小吃 (zh) (xiǎochī)
Czech: svačina (cs) f
Danish: snack c
Dutch: tussendoortje (nl) n
Esperanto: kolaziono, manĝeto
Finnish: välipala (fi), pikkupurtava
French: casse-croûte (fr) m or casse-croute (fr) m, hors-d'œuvre (fr) m, goûter (fr) m
Georgian: წახემსება (c̣axemseba), წასაუზმება (c̣asauzmeba)
German: Imbiss (de) m, Happen (de) m, Snack (de) m, Jause (de) f (Austria)
Greek: κολατσιό (el) n (kolatsió)
Ancient Greek: ἔμβρωμα n (émbrōma)
Hungarian: falatozás (hu), uzsonna (hu), tízórai
Ido: repasteto (io)
Irish: scroid f, raisín m
Italian: spuntino (it) m

Japanese: 軽食 (ja) (けいしょく, keishoku), スナック (sunakku)
Korean: 간단한 식사 (gandanhan siksa), 경식 (ko) (gyeongsik)
Latin: merenda f
Macedonian: у́жина f (úžina), за́куска f (zákuska)
Malay: snek (ms)
Mongolian: зууш (mn) (zuuš)
Norwegian: matbit
Old English: nōngereord n, nōnmete m (midafternoon meal)
Polish: przekąska (pl) f
Portuguese: lanche (pt) m, comidinha f, petisco (pt) m
Quechua: quqawi
Russian: заку́ска (ru) f (zakúska), переку́с (ru) m (perekús), лёгкая заку́ска f (ljóxkaja zakúska)
Serbo-Croatian:
Roman: zakuska (sh) f, užina (sh) f
Spanish: tentempié (es) m, (formal usage) refrigerio m, (figurative usage - also : bocadillo) bocado (es) m, (Mexico) botana (es) f, (Southern Spain) piquislabis m, (Spain standard usage) piscolabis (es) m, (Guatemala) refacción m, (Venezuela, colloquial) bala fría (es) f
Swedish: mellanmål (sv), fika (sv)
Tagalog: dautan, meryenda
Turkish: atıştırmalık (tr), çerez (tr)
Ukrainian: заку́ска f (zakúska)

an item of food eaten between meals

Burmese: မုန့် (my) (mun.)
Catalan: piscolabis (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 零食 (zh) (língshí)
Czech: svačina (cs) f
Danish: snack c
Dutch: tussendoortje (nl)
Finnish: välipala (fi)
French: casse-croûte (fr) m or casse-croute (fr) m, grignotage (fr) m
Georgian: მსუბუქი საჭმელი (msubuki sač̣meli), საუზმეული (sauzmeuli)
German: Zwischenmahlzeit (de) f
Greek: κολατσιό (el) n (kolatsió)
Ancient Greek: ἔμβρωμα n (émbrōma)
Hungarian: harapnivaló (hu)
Irish: sneaic f, smailc f
Italian: merendina (it) f
Japanese: 間食 (ja) (かんしょく, kanshoku), (especially around 3 pm) おやつ (ja) (oyatsu)
Kabuverdianu: fatióta

Khmer: អាហារសម្រន់ (aahaa sɑmrɑn)
Korean: 간식 (ko) (gansik)
Lao: please add this translation if you can
Latin: merenda f
Maori: paramanawa
Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
Navajo: naalghazhí
Nepali: please add this translation if you can
Polish: przekąska (pl) f
Portuguese: lanche (pt) m
Russian: заку́ска (ru) f (zakúska), по́лдник (ru) m (póldnik)
Serbo-Croatian:
Roman: zakuska (sh) f, užina (sh) f
Spanish: tentempié (es) m, (formal usage) refrigerio m, (figurative usage - also : bocadillo) bocado (es) m, (Mexico) botana (es) f, (Southern Spain) piquislabis m, (Spain standard usage) piscolabis (es) m, (Guatemala) refacción m, (Venezuela, colloquial) bala fría (es) f
Swedish: mellanmål (sv)
Thai: ของว่าง (th) (kɔ̌ɔng-wâang), อาหารว่าง (th)
Tibetan: please add this translation if you can
Turkish: çerez (tr), atıştırmalık (tr)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

Mongolian: ^{(please verify)} зууш (mn) (zuuš)
Spanish: (Ecuador, Guatemala, México) ^{(please verify)} antojito m, ^{(please verify)} aperitivo (es) m, (Mexico) ^{(please verify)} botana (es), (Colombia) ^{(please verify)} pasaboca (es), (Venezuela) ^{(please verify)} pasapalo, ^{(please verify)} pincho (es) m, (Spain) ^{(please verify)} tapa (es) f

Tagalog: ^{(please verify)} meryenda
Tibetan: ^{(please verify)} ཁ་ཏོག (kha tog)

VerbEdit

snack (third-person singular simple present snacks, present participle snacking, simple past and past participle snacked)

To eat a light meal.
To eat between meals.

Derived termsEdit

snack down

TranslationsEdit

to eat a light meal

Esperanto: manĝeti
Finnish: syödä välipala
French: grignoter (fr)
Georgian: წაიხემსებს (c̣aixemsebs)
German: jausnen (Austria)

Macedonian: ужина (užina)
Middle High German: naschen
Russian: заку́сывать (ru) impf (zakúsyvatʹ), закуси́ть (ru) pf (zakusítʹ), переку́сывать (ru) impf (perekúsyvatʹ), перекуси́ть (ru) pf (perekusítʹ)
Turkish: atıştırmak (tr)

to eat between meals

Finnish: napostella (fi)
French: grignoter (fr)
Japanese: 間食する (kanshoku suru)
Maori: kōmuramura

Middle High German: naschen
Russian: переку́сывать (ru) impf (perekúsyvatʹ), перекуси́ть (ru) pf (perekusítʹ)
Spanish: picar (es), mecatear (es) (Colombia), merendar (es) (in the afternoon)

Etymology 2Edit

See snatch (transitive verb).

NounEdit

snack (plural snacks)

(obsolete) A share; a part or portion.
- (Can we date this quote by Alexander Pope and provide title, author's full name, and other details?)
  At last he whispers, "Do, and we go snacks."

VerbEdit

snack (third-person singular simple present snacks, present participle snacking, simple past and past participle snacked)

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for snack in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)