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déjeuner

/dɛʒɜːneɪ/noun, verb

déjeuner is spelled D-É-J-E-U-N-E-R: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 41 million words in written English, the 196,618th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, déjeuner means “The French midday meal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of déjeuner is déjeuners or déjeûners.

How many letters and syllables are in déjeuner?

Letters8: D-É-J-E-U-N-E-R
In writingabout once in every 41 million words; the 196,618th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How common is déjeuner?

Déjeuner appears about once in every 41 million words in written English, the 196,618th 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 déjeuner?

  • /dɛʒɜːneɪ/
  • /dɛʒneɪ/

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Forms of déjeuner

  • déjeuners plural, present, singular, he/she/it
  • déjeûner
  • dejeuner
  • déjeunering participle, present
  • déjeunered participle, past
  • déjeûners plural, present, singular, he/she/it
  • déjeûnering participle, present
  • déjeûnered participle, past
  • dejeuners plural, present, singular, he/she/it
  • dejeunering participle, present
  • dejeunered participle, past

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does déjeuner mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    The French midday meal.

noun

as déjeûner
  1. 1

    Alternative form of déjeuner.

verb

as déjeûner
  1. 1

    Alternative form of déjeuner.

noun

as dejeuner
  1. 1

    Alternative form of déjeuner.

verb

as dejeuner
  1. 1

    Alternative form of déjeuner.

verb

  1. 1

    rareTo have déjeuner.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Where does déjeuner come from?

Borrowed from French déjeuner.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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