snack

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From Middle Dutch snacken (“to snack”). Cognate with German schnäken (“to snack”).

See snatch (transitive verb). Ultimately of the same origin as the word under Etymology 1, but perhaps through a different source.

297 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: peuselhappie — a light meal
• Arabic: وَجْبَة خَفِيفَة (wajba ḵafīfa) — a light meal
• Arabic: لُمْجَة (lumja) — a light meal
• Arabic: سناك (snāk) — a light meal
• Armenian: խորտիկ (xortik) — a light meal
• Armenian: սնեք (snekʻ) — a light meal
• Azerbaijani: atışdırmalıq — a light meal
• Azerbaijani: zakuska — a light meal
• Belarusian: заку́ска (zakúska) — a light meal
• Belarusian: пераку́ска (pjerakúska) — a light meal
• Belarusian: пераку́с (pjerakús) — a light meal
• Bulgarian: заку́ска (zakúska) — a light meal
• Burmese: သရေစာ (sa.reca) — a light meal
• Burmese: မုန့် (mun.) — a light meal
• Burmese: သွားရည်စာ (swa:ranyca) — a light meal
• Catalan: refrigeri — a light meal
• Chinese Cantonese: 零食 (ling4 sik6) — a light meal
• Chinese Cantonese: 小食 (siu2 sik6) — a light meal
• Chinese Cantonese: 點心 /点心 (dim2 sam1) — a light meal
• Chinese Mandarin: 零食 (língshí) — a light meal
• Chinese Mandarin: 小吃 (xiǎochī) — a light meal
• Chinese Mandarin: 點心 /点心 (diǎnxīn) — a light meal
• Corsican: spuntinu — a light meal
• Czech: svačina — a light meal
• Czech: sváča — a light meal
• Danish: snack — a light meal
• Dutch: tussendoortje — a light meal
• Esperanto: kolaziono — a light meal
• Esperanto: manĝeto — a light meal
• Finnish: välipala — a light meal
• Finnish: pikkupurtava — a light meal
• French: casse-croûte m or casse-croute — a light meal
• French: hors-d'œuvre — a light meal
• French: goûter — a light meal
• French: encas — a light meal
• Galician: lambiscada — a light meal
• Galician: merenda — a light meal
• Galician: comedela — a light meal
• Galician: gueste — a light meal
• Georgian: წახემსება (c̣axemseba) — a light meal
• Georgian: წასაუზმება (c̣asauzmeba) — a light meal
• German: Imbiss — a light meal
• German: Happen — a light meal
• German: Snack — a light meal
• German: Jause — a light meal
• Greek: κολατσιό (kolatsió) — a light meal
• Ancient Greek: ἔμβρωμα (émbrōma) — a light meal
• Hebrew: חָטִיף (khatíf) — a light meal
• Hindi: नाश्ता (nāśtā) — a light meal
• Hindi: भाग (bhāg) — a light meal
• Hindi: स्नैक (snaik) — a light meal
• Hungarian: falatozás — a light meal
• Hungarian: uzsonna — a light meal
• Hungarian: tízórai — a light meal
• Icelandic: snakk — a light meal
• Ido: repasteto — a light meal
• Indonesian: camilan — a light meal
• Indonesian: kudapan — a light meal
• Irish: scroid — a light meal
• Irish: raisín — a light meal
• Italian: spuntino — a light meal
• Japanese: 軽食 (keishoku) — a light meal
• Japanese: スナック (sunakku) — a light meal
• Japanese: 間食 (kanshoku) — a light meal
• Japanese: お八つ (oyatsu) — a light meal
• Kazakh: жеңіл тамақ (jeñıl tamaq) — a light meal
• Kazakh: жеңіл тағам (jeñıl tağam) — a light meal
• Khmer: អាហារស្រស់ស្រូប (ʼaahaa srɑh sroup) — a light meal
• Khmer: ចំណី (cɑmnəy) — a light meal
• Korean: 간단한 식사 (gandanhan siksa) — a light meal
• Korean: 경식 (gyeongsik) — a light meal
• Korean: 간식 (gansik) — a light meal
• Korean: 스낵 (seunaek) — a light meal
• Kyrgyz: ысылык (ısılık) — a light meal
• Kyrgyz: закуска (zakuska) — a light meal
• Lao: ເຄື່ອງວ່າງ (khư̄ang wāng) — a light meal
• Latin: merenda — a light meal
• Macedonian: у́жина (úžina) — a light meal
• Macedonian: за́куска (zákuska) — a light meal
• Malay: snek — a light meal
• Malayalam: ലഘുഭക്ഷണം (laghubhakṣaṇaṁ) — a light meal
• Mòcheno: marenn — a light meal
• Mongolian: зууш (zuuš) — a light meal
• Norwegian Bokmål: matbit — a light meal
• Old English: nōngereord — a light meal
• Old English: nōnmete — a light meal
• Iranian Persian: مَزِه (maze) — a light meal
• Iranian Persian: لَبچَرِه (lab-čare) — a light meal
• Iranian Persian: تَنَقُّلات (tanaġġolât) — a light meal
• Polish: przekąska — a light meal
• Portuguese: lanche — a light meal
• Portuguese: comidinha — a light meal
• Portuguese: petisco — a light meal
• Quechua: quqawi — a light meal
• Romanian: gustare — a light meal
• Russian: заку́ска (zakúska) — a light meal
• Russian: переку́ска (perekúska) — a light meal
• Russian: переку́с (perekús) — a light meal
• Russian: лёгкая заку́ска (ljóxkaja zakúska) — a light meal
• Russian: снэк (snɛk) — a light meal
• Samoan: mea'ai — a light meal
• Serbo-Croatian: за́куска — a light meal
• Serbo-Croatian: у̏жина — a light meal
• Serbo-Croatian: zákuska — a light meal
• Serbo-Croatian: ȕžina — a light meal
• Slovak: občerstvenie — a light meal
• Slovak: svačina — a light meal
• Slovene: prigrizek — a light meal
• Slovene: malica — a light meal
• Spanish: tentempié — a light meal
• Spanish: refrigerio — a light meal
• Spanish: bocadillo) — a light meal
• Spanish: aperitivo — a light meal
• Spanish: bocado — a light meal
• Spanish: botana — a light meal
• Spanish: piquislabis — a light meal
• Spanish: piscolabis — a light meal
• Spanish: refacción — a light meal
• Spanish: bala fría — a light meal
• Spanish: merienda — a light meal
• Spanish: mecato — a light meal
• Spanish: parvedad — a light meal
• Spanish: parva — a light meal
• Spanish: collación — a light meal
• Swedish: mellanmål — a light meal
• Swedish: fika — a light meal
• Tagalog: dautan — a light meal
• Tagalog: meryenda — a light meal
• Tajik: хӯриш (xüriš) — a light meal
• Tajik: газак (gazak) — a light meal
• Tamil: தீனி (tīṉi) — a light meal
• Tamil: சிற்றுண்டி (ciṟṟuṇṭi) — a light meal
• Tamil: நொறுக்குத்தீனி (noṟukkuttīṉi) — a light meal
• Thai: เครื่องว่าง (krʉ̂ʉang-wâang) — a light meal
• Thai: ของว่าง (kɔ̌ɔng-wâang) — a light meal
• Turkish: atıştırmalık — a light meal
• Turkish: çerez — a light meal
• Turkish: meze — a light meal
• Turkmen: nahar — a light meal
• Turkmen: çaý-çörek — a light meal
• Ukrainian: заку́ска (zakúska) — a light meal
• Ukrainian: за́куска (zákuska) — a light meal
• Ukrainian: пере́куска (perékuska) — a light meal
• Ukrainian: снек (snek) — a light meal
• Urdu: ناشْتَہ (nāśta) — a light meal
• Urdu: ناشْتَا (nāśtā) — a light meal
• Urdu: سْنَیک (snaik) — a light meal
• Urdu: اِسْنَیک (isnaik) — a light meal
• Uzbek: zakuska — a light meal
• Uzbek: gazak — a light meal
• Azerbaijani: atışdırmalıq — an item of food eaten between meals
• Azerbaijani: zakuska — an item of food eaten between meals
• Belarusian: заку́ска (zakúska) — an item of food eaten between meals
• Bulgarian: заку́ска (zakúska) — an item of food eaten between meals
• Burmese: မုန့် (mun.) — an item of food eaten between meals
• Catalan: piscolabis — an item of food eaten between meals
• Chinese Mandarin: 零食 (língshí) — an item of food eaten between meals
• Czech: svačina — an item of food eaten between meals
• Czech: sváča — an item of food eaten between meals
• Danish: snack — an item of food eaten between meals
• Dutch: tussendoortje — an item of food eaten between meals
• Finnish: välipala — an item of food eaten between meals
• French: casse-croûte m or casse-croute — an item of food eaten between meals
• French: grignotage — an item of food eaten between meals
• Galician: lambiscada — an item of food eaten between meals
• Galician: lambuxada — an item of food eaten between meals
• Galician: lambisco — an item of food eaten between meals
• Galician: petisco — an item of food eaten between meals
• Georgian: მსუბუქი საჭმელი (msubuki sač̣meli) — an item of food eaten between meals
• Georgian: საუზმეული (sauzmeuli) — an item of food eaten between meals
• Georgian: ხემსი (xemsi) — an item of food eaten between meals
• German: Zwischenmahlzeit — an item of food eaten between meals
• Greek: κολατσιό (kolatsió) — an item of food eaten between meals
• Ancient Greek: ἔμβρωμα (émbrōma) — an item of food eaten between meals
• Hebrew: חָטִיף (khatíf) — an item of food eaten between meals
• Hebrew: נשנוש — an item of food eaten between meals
• Hungarian: harapnivaló — an item of food eaten between meals
• Hungarian: rágcsálnivaló — an item of food eaten between meals
• Hungarian: rágcsa — an item of food eaten between meals
• Hungarian: nasi — an item of food eaten between meals
• Hungarian: nassolnivaló — an item of food eaten between meals
• Indonesian: camilan — an item of food eaten between meals
• Indonesian: kudapan — an item of food eaten between meals
• Indonesian: makanan ringan — an item of food eaten between meals
• Irish: sneaic — an item of food eaten between meals
• Irish: smailc — an item of food eaten between meals
• Italian: merendina — an item of food eaten between meals
• Japanese: 間食 (kanshoku) — an item of food eaten between meals
• Japanese: おやつ (oyatsu) — an item of food eaten between meals
• Kabuverdianu: fatióta — an item of food eaten between meals
• Khmer: អាហារសម្រន់ (ʼaahaa sɑɑsɑmrɑn) — an item of food eaten between meals
• Korean: 간식 (gansik) — an item of food eaten between meals
• Lao: ເຄື່ອງວ່າງ (khư̄ang wāng) — an item of food eaten between meals
• Lao: ອາຫານວ່າງ (ʼā hān wāng) — an item of food eaten between meals
• Latin: merenda — an item of food eaten between meals
• Macedonian: гри́цки (grícki) — an item of food eaten between meals
• Macedonian: за́куска (zákuska) — an item of food eaten between meals
• Macedonian: у́жина (úžina) — an item of food eaten between meals
• Malayalam: ലഘുഭക്ഷണം (laghubhakṣaṇaṁ) — an item of food eaten between meals
• Malayalam: കടി (kaṭi) — an item of food eaten between meals
• Māori: (kai) paramanawa — an item of food eaten between meals
• Māori: kai timotimo — an item of food eaten between meals
• Navajo: naalghazhí — an item of food eaten between meals
• Nepali: नाश्ता (nāśtā) — an item of food eaten between meals
• Nepali: नास्ता (nāstā) — an item of food eaten between meals
• Iranian Persian: تَنَقُّلات (tanaġġolât) — an item of food eaten between meals
• Iranian Persian: لَبچَرِه (lab-čare) — an item of food eaten between meals
• Polish: przekąska — an item of food eaten between meals
• Portuguese: lanche — an item of food eaten between meals
• Romanian: gustare — an item of food eaten between meals
• Russian: заку́ска (zakúska) — an item of food eaten between meals
• Russian: по́лдник (póldnik) — an item of food eaten between meals
• Russian: снэк (snɛk) — an item of food eaten between meals
• Scottish Gaelic: greim-bìdh — an item of food eaten between meals
• Serbo-Croatian: за́куска — an item of food eaten between meals
• Serbo-Croatian: у̏жина — an item of food eaten between meals
• Serbo-Croatian: zákuska — an item of food eaten between meals
• Serbo-Croatian: ȕžina — an item of food eaten between meals
• Slovak: desiata — an item of food eaten between meals
• Slovak: svačina — an item of food eaten between meals
• Slovene: malica — an item of food eaten between meals
• Spanish: tentempié — an item of food eaten between meals
• Spanish: refrigerio — an item of food eaten between meals
• Spanish: bocadillo) bocado — an item of food eaten between meals
• Spanish: botana — an item of food eaten between meals
• Spanish: piquislabis — an item of food eaten between meals
• Spanish: piscolabis — an item of food eaten between meals
• Spanish: refacción — an item of food eaten between meals
• Spanish: bala fría — an item of food eaten between meals
• Spanish: refección — an item of food eaten between meals
• Spanish: merienda — an item of food eaten between meals
• Spanish: mecato — an item of food eaten between meals
• Spanish: parvedad — an item of food eaten between meals
• Spanish: parva — an item of food eaten between meals
• Spanish: collación — an item of food eaten between meals
• Swedish: mellanmål — an item of food eaten between meals
• Tamil: சிற்றுண்டி (ciṟṟuṇṭi) — an item of food eaten between meals
• Thai: ของว่าง (kɔ̌ɔng-wâang) — an item of food eaten between meals
• Thai: อาหารว่าง (aa-hǎan-wâang) — an item of food eaten between meals
• Thai: เครื่องว่าง (krʉ̂ʉang-wâang) — an item of food eaten between meals
• Turkish: çerez — an item of food eaten between meals
• Turkish: atıştırmalık — an item of food eaten between meals
• Ukrainian: снек (snek) — an item of food eaten between meals
• Ukrainian: заку́ска (zakúska) — an item of food eaten between meals
• Welsh: byrbryd — an item of food eaten between meals
• Yiddish: נאַש (nash) — an item of food eaten between meals
• Yiddish: פֿאַרבײַסן (farbaysn) — an item of food eaten between meals
• Yiddish: פֿאַרבײַס (farbays) — an item of food eaten between meals
• Yiddish: פֿאַרבײַסעכֿץ (farbaysekhts) — an item of food eaten between meals
• Yiddish: פֿאַרבײַסונג (farbaysung) — an item of food eaten between meals
• Yiddish: צובײַסן (tsubaysn) — an item of food eaten between meals
• Yiddish: צובײַס (tsubays) — an item of food eaten between meals
• Yiddish: צובײַסונג (tsubaysung) — an item of food eaten between meals
• Yiddish: איבערבײַס (iberbays) — an item of food eaten between meals
• Yiddish: איבערבײַסן (iberbaysn) — an item of food eaten between meals
• Yiddish: זאַקוסקע (zakuske) — an item of food eaten between meals
• Yiddish: פּריקוסקע (prikuske) — an item of food eaten between meals
• Yiddish: ביס (bis) — an item of food eaten between meals
• Yiddish: אָרזשע (orzhe) — an item of food eaten between meals
• Swedish: läckerbit — a very sexy and attractive person
• Bulgarian: закусвам (zakusvam) — to eat a light meal
• Esperanto: manĝeti — to eat a light meal
• Finnish: syödä välipala — to eat a light meal
• French: grignoter — to eat a light meal
• Georgian: წაიხემსებს (c̣aixemsebs) — to eat a light meal
• German: jausnen — to eat a light meal
• Middle High German: naschen — to eat a light meal
• Macedonian: ужина (užina) — to eat a light meal
• Portuguese: lanchar — to eat a light meal
• Portuguese: merendar — to eat a light meal
• Portuguese: laricar — to eat a light meal
• Russian: заку́сывать (zakúsyvatʹ) — to eat a light meal
• Russian: закуси́ть (zakusítʹ) — to eat a light meal
• Russian: переку́сывать (perekúsyvatʹ) — to eat a light meal
• Russian: перекуси́ть (perekusítʹ) — to eat a light meal
• Spanish: merendar — to eat a light meal
• Spanish: comiscar — to eat a light meal
• Spanish: comisquear — to eat a light meal
• Spanish: comichear — to eat a light meal
• Turkish: atıştırmak — to eat a light meal
• Finnish: napostella — to eat between meals
• French: grignoter — to eat between meals
• Middle High German: naschen — to eat between meals
• Hebrew: נִשְׁנֵשׁ (nishnésh) — to eat between meals
• Japanese: 間食する (kanshoku suru) — to eat between meals
• Māori: kōmuramura — to eat between meals
• Māori: kai timotimo — to eat between meals
• Portuguese: lanchar — to eat between meals
• Portuguese: merendar — to eat between meals
• Portuguese: laricar — to eat between meals
• Russian: переку́сывать (perekúsyvatʹ) — to eat between meals
• Russian: перекуси́ть (perekusítʹ) — to eat between meals
• Spanish: picar — to eat between meals
• Spanish: mecatear — to eat between meals
• Spanish: merendar — to eat between meals
• Spanish: botanear — to eat between meals
• Swedish: småäta — to eat between meals