# brunch
## English
### Etymology

Blend of breakfast +‎ lunch. Attested from 1895 in British English and from 1930 in the United States.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bɹʌnt͡ʃ/, /bɹʌnʃ/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -ʌntʃ

### Noun

brunch (countable and uncountable, plural brunches)
* A meal eaten later in the day than breakfast and earlier than lunch, and often consisting of typical foods from both of those meals.
    I normally have brunch at the café next to work.
    Let's do brunch sometime at the salad bar!
    Feeling a bit peckish, Sandra made herself some brunch with the leftovers in her fridge.
** April 15 1993, Adam I. Lapidus, “The Front”, in Rich Moore, director, The Simpsons, season 4, episode 19, spoken by Homer Simpson (Dan Castellaneta):I discovered a meal between breakfast and brunch.

#### Derived terms

* brunchtime
* brunch word
* brunchy
* prebrunch

#### Descendants

* → Armenian: բրանչ (brančʻ)
* → Cantonese: 早午餐 (zou2 ng5 caan1)
* → Danish: brunch
* → Finnish: brunssi
* → French: brunch
* → German: Brunch
* → Georgian: ბრანჩი (branči)
* → Icelandic: bröns
* → Italian: brunch
* → Japanese: ブランチ (buranchi)
* → Korean: 브런치 (beureonchi)
* → Norwegian:
    Norwegian Bokmål: brunsj
    Norwegian Nynorsk: brunsj
* → Polish: brunch
* → Portuguese: brunch
* → Romanian: brunch
* → Russian: бранч (branč)
* → Spanish: brunch
* → Swedish: brunch
* → Yiddish: בראָנטש (brontsh)

#### See also

* dunch
* linner
* lupper
* brinner
* brupper
* dinfast

### Verb

brunch (third-person singular simple present brunches, present participle brunching, simple past and past participle brunched)
* To eat brunch.

### Further reading

* brunch on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

## Danish
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from English brunch.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /brɔnsj/, [ˈb̥ɹʌnɕ], [ˈb̥ʁʌnɕ]

#### Noun

brunch c (singular definite brunchen, plural indefinite bruncher)
* brunch

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /brɔnˀsj/, [ˈb̥ɹʌnˀɕ], [ˈb̥ʁʌnˀɕ]

#### Verb

brunch
* imperative of brunche

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbrʏnʃ/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: brunch

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from English brunch.

#### Noun

brunch m (plural brunchen)
* a brunch

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

brunch
* inflection of brunchen:
** first-person singular present indicative
** (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
** imperative

## Finnish
### Etymology

Borrowed from English brunch.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbruns/, [ˈbruns̠]
* IPA: /ˈbrɑntʃ/, [ˈbrɑ̝n̪t̪ʃ]
* Rhymes: -uns

### Noun

brunch (rare)
* brunch

#### Declension

Possessive forms of brunch (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
brunchini
brunchini
accusative
nom.
brunchini
brunchini
gen.
brunchini
genitive
brunchini
brunchieni
partitive
brunchiani
brunchejani
inessive
brunchissani
bruncheissani
elative
brunchistani
bruncheistani
illative
brunchiini
bruncheihini
adessive
brunchillani
bruncheillani
ablative
brunchiltani
bruncheiltani
allative
brunchilleni
bruncheilleni
essive
brunchinani
bruncheinani
translative
brunchikseni
bruncheikseni
abessive
brunchittani
bruncheittani
instructive
comitative
—bruncheineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
brunchisi
brunchisi
accusative
nom.
brunchisi
brunchisi
gen.
brunchisi
genitive
brunchisi
brunchiesi
partitive
brunchiasi
brunchejasi
inessive
brunchissasi
bruncheissasi
elative
brunchistasi
bruncheistasi
illative
brunchiisi
bruncheihisi
adessive
brunchillasi
bruncheillasi
ablative
brunchiltasi
bruncheiltasi
allative
brunchillesi
bruncheillesi
essive
brunchinasi
bruncheinasi
translative
brunchiksesi
bruncheiksesi
abessive
brunchittasi
bruncheittasi
instructive
comitative
—bruncheinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
brunchimme
brunchimme
accusative
nom.
brunchimme
brunchimme
gen.
brunchimme
genitive
brunchimme
brunchiemme
partitive
brunchiamme
brunchejamme
inessive
brunchissamme
bruncheissamme
elative
brunchistamme
bruncheistamme
illative
brunchiimme
bruncheihimme
adessive
brunchillamme
bruncheillamme
ablative
brunchiltamme
bruncheiltamme
allative
brunchillemme
bruncheillemme
essive
brunchinamme
bruncheinamme
translative
brunchiksemme
bruncheiksemme
abessive
brunchittamme
bruncheittamme
instructive
comitative
—bruncheinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
brunchinne
brunchinne
accusative
nom.
brunchinne
brunchinne
gen.
brunchinne
genitive
brunchinne
brunchienne
partitive
brunchianne
brunchejanne
inessive
brunchissanne
bruncheissanne
elative
brunchistanne
bruncheistanne
illative
brunchiinne
bruncheihinne
adessive
brunchillanne
bruncheillanne
ablative
brunchiltanne
bruncheiltanne
allative
brunchillenne
bruncheillenne
essive
brunchinanne
bruncheinanne
translative
brunchiksenne
bruncheiksenne
abessive
brunchittanne
bruncheittanne
instructive
comitative
—bruncheinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
brunchinsa
brunchinsa
accusative
nom.
brunchinsa
brunchinsa
gen.
brunchinsa
genitive
brunchinsa
brunchiensa
partitive
brunchiaan brunchiansa
brunchejaan brunchejansa
inessive
brunchissaan brunchissansa
bruncheissaan bruncheissansa
elative
brunchistaan brunchistansa
bruncheistaan bruncheistansa
illative
brunchiinsa
bruncheihinsa
adessive
brunchillaan brunchillansa
bruncheillaan bruncheillansa
ablative
brunchiltaan brunchiltansa
bruncheiltaan bruncheiltansa
allative
brunchilleen brunchillensa
bruncheilleen bruncheillensa
essive
brunchinaan brunchinansa
bruncheinaan bruncheinansa
translative
brunchikseen brunchiksensa
bruncheikseen bruncheiksensa
abessive
brunchittaan brunchittansa
bruncheittaan bruncheittansa
instructive
comitative
—bruncheineen bruncheinensa :

#### Synonyms

* brunssi

### Further reading

* “brunch”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

## French
### Etymology

Borrowed from English brunch.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bʁœnʃ/, (Quebec) /bʁɔnʃ/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

brunch m (plural brunches)
* brunch

#### Related terms

* bruncher

## Italian
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English brunch.

### Noun

brunch m (invariable)
* brunch

## Polish
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English brunch.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbrant͡ʂ/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ant͡ʂ
* Syllabification: brunch

### Noun

brunch m inan
* brunch

#### Declension
### Further reading

* brunch in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English brunch.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈbɾɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈbɾɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈbɾɐ̃.t͡ʃe/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈbɾɐ̃.t͡ʃɨ/

### Noun

brunch m (plural brunches)
* brunch (meal eaten later than breakfast and earlier than lunch)

## Romanian
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English brunch.

### Noun

brunch n (plural brunch-uri)
* brunch

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English brunch.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbɾant͡ʃ/ [ˈbɾãnʲt͡ʃ]
* Rhymes: -antʃ

### Noun

brunch m (plural brunchs)
* brunch

#### Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

### Further reading

* “brunch”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Swedish
### Etymology

From English brunch.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /brɵnɧ/
* Rhymes: -ɵnɧ

### Noun

brunch c
* brunch

#### Declension

| | | nominative | genitive |
| singular | indefinite | brunch | brunchs |
| singular | definite | brunchen | brunchens |
| plural | indefinite | bruncher | brunchers |
| plural | definite | bruncherna | brunchernas |

#### Synonyms

* frunch

### References

* brunch in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* brunch in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)