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Food that can be eaten with one's hands, as opposed to requiring utensils; often appetizers and snacks.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
- He didn't serve a full lunch or dinner at the party, but there was plenty of finger food to munch.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
food to be eaten with the fingers
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: nutriment, nourishment, nutrition, sustenance, aliment, alimentation, victuals
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
18 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Chinese Mandarin:
手抓食物
— Food that can be eaten with one's hands
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Danish:
fingermad
— Food that can be eaten with one's hands
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Finnish:
sormiruoka
— Food that can be eaten with one's hands
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Finnish:
sormisyötävä
— Food that can be eaten with one's hands
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Galician:
petisco
— Food that can be eaten with one's hands
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German:
Fingerfood
— Food that can be eaten with one's hands
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Italian:
finger food
— Food that can be eaten with one's hands
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Italian:
cibo che si mangia senza le posate
— Food that can be eaten with one's hands
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Malay:
makanan cekut
— Food that can be eaten with one's hands
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Malay:
ماکنن چکوت
(makanan cekut)
— Food that can be eaten with one's hands
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Norwegian Bokmål:
fingermat
— Food that can be eaten with one's hands
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
fingermat
— Food that can be eaten with one's hands
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Polish:
jedzenie spożywane palcami
— Food that can be eaten with one's hands
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Portuguese:
petisco
— Food that can be eaten with one's hands
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Spanish:
pasaboca
— Food that can be eaten with one's hands
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Spanish:
picoteo
— Food that can be eaten with one's hands
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Swedish:
plockmat
— Food that can be eaten with one's hands
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Welsh:
bwyd bys a bawd
— Food that can be eaten with one's hands