# breakfast

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈbɹɛk.fəst/ · frequency rank #2,426

## Definitions
1. The first meal of the day, usually eaten in the morning.
2. A meal consisting of food normally eaten in the morning, which may typically include eggs, sausages, toast, bacon, etc.
3. The celebratory meal served after a wedding (and occasionally after other solemnities e.g. a funeral).
4. A meal eaten after a period of (now often religious) fasting.

## Etymology
From Middle English brekefast, brekefaste, equivalent to break + fast (literally, "to end the nightly fast"), likely a variant of Old English fæstenbryċe, (literally, "fast-breach"). Cognate with Dutch breekvasten (“breakfast”).

## Common misspellings (14)
`bbreakfast`, `berakfast`, `braekfast`, `breafkast`, `breakafst`, `breakfasst`, `breakfastt`, `breakfats`, `breakffast`, `breakfsat`, `breakkfast`, `brekafast`, `brreakfast`, `rbeakfast`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/breakfast