merenda
See also: Merenda and merendá
Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician and Old Portuguese merenda, from Latin merenda. Cognate with Portuguese merenda, Spanish merienda, Italian merenda.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /meˈɾenda̝/
Noun
merenda f (plural merendas)
- nuncheon; late afternoon snack
- a light meal or snack had in between main meals
- picnic
Derived terms
- merendar
- quitamerendas
References
- “merenda” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
- “merenda” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
- “merenda” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
- “merenda” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “merenda” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Italian
Etymology
From Latin merenda (“light evening meal”). Compare Galician and Portuguese merenda, Spanish merienda.
Noun
merenda f (plural merende)
- snack (usually an afternoon snack)
- Synonym: spuntino
- tea, break
- picnic
- Synonym: picnic
Derived terms
- merendina
- merendero
Anagrams
- darmene
Latin
Etymology
From mereō (“earn, deserve”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /meˈren.da/, [mɛˈrɛn.da]
Noun
merenda f (genitive merendae); first declension
- collation, light evening meal
- a taste
Inflection
First declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | merenda | merendae |
| Genitive | merendae | merendārum |
| Dative | merendae | merendīs |
| Accusative | merendam | merendās |
| Ablative | merendā | merendīs |
| Vocative | merenda | merendae |
Descendants
- Aromanian: mirindi
- Asturian: merienda
- Bourguignon: mairande
- Catalan: berena
- Dalmatian: marianda
- Franco-Provençal: marendar
- Friulian: mirinde
- Galician: merenda
- Istriot: marenda
- Italian: merenda
- Occitan: merenda
- Old French: marende
- Portuguese: merenda
- Romanian: merinde
- Romansh: marenda
- German: Marend
- Sardinian: merenda
- Sicilian: mirenna
- Spanish: merienda
- Moroccan Arabic: ميريندا
- Venetian: marenda
- Walloon: marinde
References
- merenda in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- merenda in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- merenda in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- merenda in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
- merenda in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Portuguese merenda, from Latin merenda (“light evening meal”).
Noun
merenda f (plural merendas)
- a meal eaten by students in school
- dunch (small meal between lunch and dinner)
- Synonym: lanche