Phrase guide

daily bread

noun · 2 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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  • General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈdeɪli ˌbɹɛd/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

All those things, such as regular food and water, needed to sustain physical life.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Examples

  • to earn one's daily bread

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

All those things, such as regular prayer, worship and meditation, needed to sustain spiritual life.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: broadly, uncountable

Topics: Christianity

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Possibly a reference to the Lord's Prayer in the Bible, part of which reads in the King James Version: “Give us this day our daily bread” (see Matthew 6:11, and compare Luke 11:3).

Across languages

Translations

27 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: رِزْق (rizq) — things needed to sustain physical life
  • Bashkir: көндәлек икмәк (köndəlek ikmək) — things needed to sustain physical life
  • Catalan: pa de cada dia — things needed to sustain physical life
  • Finnish: jokapäiväinen leipä — things needed to sustain physical life
  • French: pain quotidien — things needed to sustain physical life
  • German: täglich Brot — things needed to sustain physical life
  • Greek: επιούσιος (epioúsios) — things needed to sustain physical life
  • Hebrew: לֶחֶם חֹק (léẖem ẖoq) — things needed to sustain physical life
  • Icelandic: daglegt brauð — things needed to sustain physical life
  • Central Kurdish: ڕۆژی (rojî) — things needed to sustain physical life
  • Persian: روزی (ruzi) — things needed to sustain physical life
  • Polish: chleb powszedni — things needed to sustain physical life
  • Portuguese: pão de cada dia — things needed to sustain physical life
  • Punjabi: روٹی ٹکر (roṭī ṭkr) — things needed to sustain physical life
  • Romanian: pâine zilnică — things needed to sustain physical life
  • Russian: хлеб насу́щный (xleb nasúščnyj) — things needed to sustain physical life
  • Russian: пропита́ние (propitánije) — things needed to sustain physical life
  • Spanish: pan de cada día — things needed to sustain physical life
  • Spanish: pan cuotidiano — things needed to sustain physical life
  • Spanish: victo — things needed to sustain physical life
  • Swahili: riziki — things needed to sustain physical life
  • Ottoman Turkish: اكمك (ekmek) — things needed to sustain physical life
  • French: pain quotidien — things needed to sustain spiritual life
  • Icelandic: daglegt brauð — things needed to sustain spiritual life
  • Romanian: pâine zilnică — things needed to sustain spiritual life
  • Spanish: pan de cada día — things needed to sustain spiritual life
  • Torwali: روزی رسان — things needed to sustain spiritual life