noun · verb · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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/bɹʌnt͡ʃ/
/bɹʌnʃ/
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rhymes with -ʌntʃ
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
A meal eaten later in the day than breakfast and earlier than lunch, often in a leisurely, festive, and/or social way, and often consisting of typical foods from both of those meals.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
I normally have brunch at the café next to work.
Let's do brunch sometime at the salad bar!
Feeling a bit peckish, Sandra made herself some brunch with the leftovers in her fridge.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
verb
Meaning 2
To eat brunch.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
combination breakfast and lunch; usually served in late morning
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: meal, repast
4
verb
Meaning 4
eat a meal in the late morning
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
We brunch in Sundays
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: eat
History
Etymology
Blend of breakfast + lunch. Attested from 1895 in British English and from 1930 in the United States.
Across languages
Translations
47 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Azerbaijani:
qəlyanaltı
— a meal
Chinese Mandarin:
早午餐
(zǎowǔcān)
— a meal
Chinese Mandarin:
早午飯 /早午饭
(zǎowǔfàn)
— a meal
Danish:
brunch
— a meal
Esperanto:
matenlunĉo
— a meal
Finnish:
brunssi
— a meal
Finnish:
aamulounas
— a meal
French:
brunch
— a meal
French:
déjeuner-diner
— a meal
French:
déjeunette
— a meal
French:
déjeuner dinatoire
— a meal
French:
grand petit-déjeuner
— a meal
French:
petit déjeuner-déjeuner
— a meal
Georgian:
გვიანი საუზმე
(gviani sauzme)
— a meal
Georgian:
ბრანჩი
(branči)
— a meal
German:
Brunch
— a meal
Hebrew:
בוהריים
(bohorayim)
— a meal
Hungarian:
villásreggeli
— a meal
Hungarian:
rebéd
— a meal
Icelandic:
dögurður
— a meal
Icelandic:
dagverður
— a meal
Icelandic:
hábítur
— a meal
Icelandic:
bröns
— a meal
Italian:
brunch
— a meal
Italian:
colanzo
— a meal
Italian:
colapranzo
— a meal
Italian:
pranzolazione
— a meal
Japanese:
ブランチ
(buranchi)
— a meal
Korean:
브런치
(beureonchi)
— a meal
Latvian:
vēlbrokastis
— a meal
Marathi:
ब्रंच
(brañca)
— a meal
Norwegian Bokmål:
brunsj
— a meal
Norwegian Nynorsk:
brunsj
— a meal
Polish:
brunch
— a meal
Portuguese:
brunch
— a meal
Portuguese:
almoço
— a meal
Romanian:
brunch
— a meal
Romanian:
dejun
— a meal
Russian:
бранч
(branč)
— a meal
Russian:
по́здний за́втрак
(pózdnij závtrak)
— a meal
Spanish:
brunch
— a meal
Swedish:
brunch
— a meal
Swedish:
frunch
— a meal
Thai:
บรันช์
(bɔ̀-ran)
— a meal
Welsh:
brecinio
— a meal
Yiddish:
בראָנטש
(brontsh)
— a meal
Yiddish:
שפּעטער פֿרישטיק
(shpeter frishtik)
— a meal
