elevenses

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ɪˈlɛv(ə)nzɪz/
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• General-American: /əˈlɛvənzəz/
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From dialectal elevens (“the eleven-o'clock meal”).

15 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Asturian: les once — short mid-morning break
• Chinese Mandarin: 上午茶 (shàngwǔchá) — short mid-morning break
• Czech: přesnídávka — short mid-morning break
• Esperanto: kolaziono — short mid-morning break
• Greek: διάλειμμα (diáleimma) — short mid-morning break
• Greek: δεκατιανό (dekatianó) — short mid-morning break
• Hebrew: ארוחת עשר — short mid-morning break
• Japanese: イレブンシス — short mid-morning break
• Macedonian: илевенсез (ilevensez) — short mid-morning break
• Malay: minum pukul sebelas pagi — short mid-morning break
• Polish: drugie śniadanie — short mid-morning break
• Russian: второй завтрак (vtoroj zavtrak) — short mid-morning break
• Slovak: desiatka — short mid-morning break
• Spanish: las once — short mid-morning break
• Spanish: once — short mid-morning break