bon appétit

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˌbɒn apəˈtiː/
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• General-American: /ˌboʊn æpəˈti(t)/
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• Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• rhymes with -iː
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Unadapted borrowing from French bon appétit (literally “good appetite”).

163 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: lekker eet — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Albanian: ju bëftë mirë — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Albanian: t'boftë mire — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Arabic: شَهْيَة طَيِّبَة (šahiyya ṭayyiba) — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Arabic: بِٱلصِّحَّةِ وَٱلْعَافِيَةِ (bi-ṣ-ṣiḥḥati wal-ʕāfiyati) — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Arabic: بِٱلْهَنَاءِ وَٱلشِّفَاءِ (bi-l-hanāʔi waš-šifāʔi) — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Arabic: وَجْبَة طَيِّبَة (wajba ṭayyiba) — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Arabic: بالهنا والشفا (be-l-hana we-šefa) — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Arabic: بالعافية (bilʕāfya) — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Arabic: بالعافية (bilʕāfya) — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Arabic: صِحَّة و عافية (ṣiḥḥa u ʕāfya) — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Arabic: صَحْتَين (ṣaḥtēn) — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Arabic: صَحّة (ṣaḥḥa) — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Arabic: صَحّة و عافية (ṣaḥḥa u ʕāfye) — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Arabic: صَحتَين (ṣaḥtēn) — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܢܗܵܢܹܐ ܠܘܼܟ݂ (nhānē loḵ) — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܢܗܵܢܹܐ ܠܵܟ݂ܝ (nhānē lāḵ) — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܢܗܵܢܹܐ ܠܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (nhānē loḵon) — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܨܵܠܹܐ ܘܒܵܢܹܐ (ṣālē w-bānē) — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܨܲܚܬܹܝܢ (ṣaḥtēyn) — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Armenian: բարի ախորժակ (bari axoržak) — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Asturian: que preste — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Asturian: bona pro — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Asturian: vaya poles ánimes — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Azerbaijani: nuş olsun — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Basque: on egin — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Basque: on dagizula — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Basque: on dagizuela — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Belarusian: сма́чна е́сці (smáčna jésci) — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Belarusian: прые́мнага апеты́ту (pryjémnaha apjetýtu) — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Bulgarian: бон апети́ (bon apetí) — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Bulgarian: до́бър апети́т (dóbǎr apetít) — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Bulgarian: прия́тен апети́т (prijáten apetít) — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Catalan: bon profit — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Chinese Cantonese: 請慢用 /请慢用 (cing2 maan6 jung6) — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Chinese Cantonese: 慢用 (maan6 jung6) — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Chinese Mandarin: 請慢用 /请慢用 (qǐng mànyòng) — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Chinese Mandarin: 慢用 (mànyòng) — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Chinese Mandarin: 吃好喝好 (chīhǎohēhǎo) — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Corsican: bon appetitu — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Crimean Tatar: aş olsun — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Crimean Tatar: aş tatlı olsun — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Crimean Tatar: aş bolsın — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Czech: dobrou chuť — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Czech: nechej si chutnat — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Czech: nech si chutnat — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Danish: velbekomme — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Danish: god appetit — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Dutch: smakelijk eten — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Dutch: eet smakelijk — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Dutch: smakelijk — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Esperanto: bonan apetiton — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Estonian: head isu — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Faroese: væl gagnist — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Finnish: hyvää ruokahalua — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• French: bon appétit — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• French: bon ap' — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Galician: bo proveito — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Georgian: ღმერთმა შეგარგოთ (ɣmertma šegargot) — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Georgian: გაამოთ (gaamot) — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Georgian: გაამოს (gaamos) — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• German: guten Appetit — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• German: lass es dir schmecken — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• German: lasst es euch schmecken — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• German: lassen Sie es sich schmecken — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• German: Mahlzeit — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• German: en Guete — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• German: en Guetä — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Greek: καλή όρεξη (kalí órexi) — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Hebrew: בְּתֵאָבוֹן (b'te'avón) — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Hindi: सुख भोजन (sukh bhojan) — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Hindi: कृपया भोजन का आनंद लीजिये (kŕpayā bhojan kā ānand lījiye) — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Hungarian: jó étvágyat — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Icelandic: verði þér að góðu — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Icelandic: verði ykkur að góðu — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Ido: bona apetito — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Indonesian: selamat makan — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Ingrian: leipää soolaa — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Italian: buon appetito — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Kannada: ಚೆನ್ನಾಗಿ ಊಟ ಮಾಡಿ (cennāgi ūṭa māḍi) — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Kazakh: ас болсын (as bolsyn) — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Kazakh: ас дәмді болсын (as dämdı bolsyn) — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Kazakh: асыңыз дәмді болсын (asyñyz dämdı bolsyn) — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Khmer: សុភោជន (sophoocŭən) — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Khmer: សុរសភោជន (soraʼ sɑɑ phoocŭən) — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Khmer: អញ្ជើញពិសាឲ្យបានឆ្ងាញ់ (ʼɑɑʼɑñcəəñ pisaa ʼaoy baan chngañ) — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Korean: 맛있게 드십시오 (masitge deusipsio) — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Korean: 맛있게 드세요 (masitge deuseyo) — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Korean: 많이 드세요 (mani deuseyo) — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Korean: 맛있게 먹어요 (masitge meogeoyo) — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Korean: 잘 먹어 (jal meogeo) — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Korean: 많이 먹어 (mani meogeo) — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Northern Kurdish: noşîcan — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Northern Kurdish: noşî can be — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Kyrgyz: аш болсун (aş bolsun) — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Lao: ຈະເຣີນອາຫານ (cha rœ̄n ʼā hān) — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Lao: ເຊີນແຊບ (sœ̄n sǣp) — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Latin: bene sapiat — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Latvian: labu apetīti — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Lithuanian: gero apetito — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Lithuanian: skanaus — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Macedonian: пријатно јадење (prijatno jadenje) — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Malay: selamat makan — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Malay: selamat menjamu selera — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Maltese: l-ikla t-tajba — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Eastern Mari: перкан лийже (perkan ĺijže) — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Mòcheno: molzait — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Mongolian: сайхан хооллоорой (sajxan xoollooroj) — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Mongolian: хооллоорой (xoollooroj) — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Norwegian Bokmål: vel bekomme — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Norwegian Bokmål: spis godt — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Norwegian Bokmål: håper det smaker — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Pashto: خورمن دې ښه (xwǝrmǝn de ša) — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Iranian Persian: نوشِ جان (nuš-e jân) — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Iranian Persian: نوشِ جون (nuš-e jun) — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Polish: smacznego — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Portuguese: bom apetite — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Portuguese: bom proveito — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Romanian: poftă bună — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Romanian: poftă mare — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Russian: прия́тного аппети́та (prijátnovo appetíta) — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Northern Sami: buorre borranlusttu — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Scottish Gaelic: ith do leòr — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Serbo-Croatian: при̏ја̄тно — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Serbo-Croatian: до̏бар те̑к — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Serbo-Croatian: prȉjātno — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Serbo-Croatian: dȍbar tȇk — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Slovak: dobrú chuť — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Slovene: dọ́bər tẹ̑k — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Spanish: buen provecho — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Spanish: provecho — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Spanish: que aproveche — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Swahili: karibu chakula — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Swedish: smaklig måltid — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Swedish: smaklig spis — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Swedish: låt det smaka — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Tahitian: tāmā'a maita'i — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Tajik: нӯши ҷон (nüš-i jon) — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Tajik: ош шавад (oš šavad) — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Tatar: тәмле булсын (tämle bulsın) — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Thai: เชิญทานครับ (chəən taan kráp) — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Thai: เชิญทานค่ะ (chəən taan kâ) — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Thai: ทานให้อร่อยนะ (taan hâi à-rɔ̀i ná) — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Thai: กินให้อร่อย (gin hâi à-rɔ̀i) — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Thai: ทานให้อร่อย (taan hâi à-rɔ̀i) — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Turkish: afiyet olsun — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Turkmen: noş bolsun — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Tuvaluan: kai malosi — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Udmurt: ческыд мед кошкоз (ćeskyd med koškoz) — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Ukrainian: смачно́го (smačnóho) — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Urdu: نوش فَرْمائِیے (noś farmāiye) — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Urdu: نوشِ جان (noś-i jān) — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Uyghur: ئاش بولسۇن (ash bolsun) — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Uyghur: سىڭىشلىك بولسۇن (si'ngishlik bolsun) — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Uzbek: yoqimli ishtaha — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Uzbek: osh boʻlsin — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Veps: hüväd litud — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Vietnamese: ăn nào — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Vietnamese: ăn ngon nhé — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Vietnamese: chúc ngon miệng — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Xhosa: ukonwabele ukutya kwakho — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Yiddish: עס געזונטערהײט (es gezunterheyt) — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
• Yiddish: עסט געזונטערהײט (est gezunterheyt) — used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat