breakfast
English
/ˈbɹɛkfəst/, /ˈbɹeɪkˌfæst/
noun
Definitions
- The first meal of the day, usually eaten in the morning.
- (by extension) A meal consisting of food normally eaten in the morning, which may typically include eggs, sausages, toast, bacon, etc.
- The celebratory meal served after a wedding (and occasionally after other solemnities e.g. a funeral).
- (largely) A meal eaten after a period of (now often religious) fasting.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English brekefast compound from English break (break, game won against the server) + English fast (fixed, refrain from eating, a period of fasting, firm, quick, fixed firmly, quickly).
Origin
English
fast
Gloss
fixed, refrain from eating, a period of fasting, firm, quick, fixed firmly, quickly
Concept
Semantic Field
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Ontological Category
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- barefast English
- beambreak English
- bebreak English
- bed English
- bed and breakfast English
- bio-break English
- brake pedal English
- break English
- break loose English
- break off English
- break-bones English
- break-promise English
- break-vow English
- breakability English
- breakable English
- breakage English
- breakaway English
- breakbeat English
- breakbone English
- breakcore English
- breakdance English
- breakdancing English
- breaker English
- breaker bar English
- breakest English
- breaketh English
- breakface English
- breakfastcup English
- breakfastcupful English
- breakfaster English
- breakfastless English
- breakfastlessness English
- breakfastlike English
- breakfastware English
- breakfasty English
- breakfront English
- breakle English
- breakless English
- breakly English
- breakneck English
- breakoff English
- breakopen English
- breakpoint English
- breakproof English
- breakstone English
- breakthrough English
- breakthru English
- breaktime English
- breakup English
- breakwater English
- breakwind English
- breaky English
- breastfast English
- brekker English
- brickle English
- brokeback English
- chairfast English
- colorfast English
- colourfast English
- cragfast English
- crossbreak English
- cup English
- earthfast English
- fast English
- fast-handed English
- fast-paced English
- fastcore English
- fasten English
- faster English
- fastest English
- fasteth English
- fastgang English
- fastgrowing English
- fastish English
- fastly English
- fastness English
- fastpitch English
- fastwalker English
- firebreak English
- forbreak English
- headfast English
- heartbreak English
- holdfast English
- housebreak English
- hyperfast English
- inbreak English
- jailbreak English
- landfast English
- lightfast English
- lockfast English
- lunchbreak English
- makefast English
- masterfast English
- microbreak English
- midterm break English
- mini-break English
- minibreak English
- nailfast English
- nanobreak English
- newsbreak English
- nightbreak English
- nonfast English
- outbreak English
- outfast English
- overbreak English
- overfast English
- prebreak English
- prebreakfast English
- rainfast English
- rebreak English
- semi-fast English
- serofast English
- setfast English
- shamefaced English
- shamefast English
- shelfbreak English
- sitfast English
- steadfast English
- sternfast English
- stonebreak English
- strikebreak English
- sunbreak English
- sunfast English
- superfast English
- tiebreak English
- tobreak English
- tub-fast English
- tubfast English
- ultra-fast English
- ultrafast English
- un-break English
- unbreak English
- unbreakable English
- underbreak English
- unfast English
- upbreak English
- washfast English
- waterbreak English
- wetfast English
- windbreak English
- word break English
- breikata Finnish
- break Italian
- breekvasten Dutch, Flemish
- breken Dutch, Flemish
- vasten Dutch, Flemish
- break French
- *bʰreg- Proto-Indo-European
- ブレイク Japanese
- brekefast Middle English
- breken Middle English
- fast Middle English
- bricfeasta Irish
- brecwast Welsh
- brecwastau Welsh
- brekfis Afrikaans
- bracaist Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- ibhulakufesi Zulu
- brak Scots
- brakfast Scots
- fast Scots
- bruk Tok Pisin
- brukim Tok Pisin
- parakuihi Maori
- بريك Gulf Arabic
- brekfes Bislama
- bruck Jamaican Creole
- fass Jamaican Creole
- cup
- bed
- fast
- break
- unfast
- faster
- fasten
- fastly
- breaky
- breakly
- nonfast
- brekker
- breakup
- sitfast
- rebreak
- sunfast
- fastish
- breakle
- inbreak
- brickle
- unbreak
- fasteth
- fastest
- tubfast
- wetfast
- breaker
- setfast
- bebreak
- tobreak
- outfast
- upbreak
- fastgang
- breakest
- cragfast
- makefast
- tiebreak
- forbreak
- washfast
- holdfast
- fastcore
- overfast
- outbreak
- breaketh
- lockfast
- fastness
- serofast
- tub-fast
- nailfast
- breakoff
- breakage
- barefast
- un-break
- headfast
- sunbreak
- prebreak
- landfast
- rainfast
- breakcore
- breakneck
- lightfast
- breakaway
- superfast
- windbreak
- breakable
- colorfast
- hyperfast
- break off
- earthfast
- shamefast
- breakopen
- fastpitch
- overbreak
- sternfast
- nanobreak
- minibreak
- semi-fast
- bio-break
- newsbreak
- chairfast
- beambreak
- jailbreak
- breakless
- firebreak
- breakwind
- breaktime
- breakbeat
- breakbone
- steadfast
- ultrafast
- breakface
- breakthru
- break-vow
- brokeback
- mini-break
- word break
- lunchbreak
- microbreak
- breakwater
- fastwalker
- breakproof
- masterfast
- shelfbreak
- breakdance
- breakfront
- stonebreak
- nightbreak
- waterbreak
- underbreak
- breakpoint
- housebreak
- breakstone
- crossbreak
- fast-paced
- colourfast
- ultra-fast
- breastfast
- breakfasty
- heartbreak
- shamefaced
- break-bones
- breakfaster
- breaker bar
- strikebreak
- fastgrowing
- fast-handed
- unbreakable
- brake pedal
- break loose
- prebreakfast
- breakability
- breakdancing
- breakfastcup
- breakthrough
- breakfastless
- breakfastware
- midterm break
- break-promise
- breakfastlike
- breakfastcupful
- bed and breakfast
- breakfastlessness