brunch
/bɹʌnt͡ʃ/noun, verb
brunch is spelled B-R-U-N-C-H: 6 letters and one syllable. It appears 2.9 times per million words in written English, the 15,798th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, brunch means “A meal eaten later in the day than breakfast and earlier than lunch, often in a leisurely, festive, and/or social way, and often consisting of…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of brunch is brunches.
How many letters and syllables are in brunch?
| Letters | 6: B-R-U-N-C-H |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.9 times per million words; the 15,798th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is brunch?
Brunch appears 2.9 times per million words in written English, the 15,798th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce brunch?
- /bɹʌnt͡ʃ/
- /bɹʌnʃ/
Brunch has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-brunch.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of brunch
- brunches plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- brunching participle, present
- brunched participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does brunch mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A meal eaten later in the day than breakfast and earlier than lunch, often in a leisurely, festive, and/or social way, and often consisting of typical foods from both of those meals.
I normally have brunch at the café next to work.
verb
- 1
To eat brunch.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Brunch in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense a meal:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | brunch, déjeuner-diner, déjeunette, déjeuner dinatoire, grand petit-déjeuner, petit déjeuner-déjeuner |
| German | Brunch |
| Portuguese | brunch, almoço |
| Spanish | brunch |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does brunch come from?
Blend of breakfast + lunch. Attested from 1895 in British English and from 1930 in the United States.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).