# dine

> English word · Verb · IPA /daɪn/ · frequency rank #15,144

## Definitions
1. To eat; to eat dinner or supper.
2. To give a dinner to; to furnish with the chief meal; to feed.
3. To dine upon; to have to eat.

## Etymology
From Middle English dynen, from Old French disner (“to dine, eat the main meal of the day”), from Vulgar Latin *disiūnāre (“to eat breakfast”), from *disieiūnāre (“to break the fast”), from Late Latin, from dis- + iēiūnō (“to fast”), from Latin ieiūnus.

## Easily confused with
- **due** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dine-vs-due)
- **don** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dine-vs-don)
- **DNA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dine-vs-dna)
- **dip** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dine-vs-dip)
- **doe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dine-vs-doe)
- **dye** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dine-vs-dye)
- **DIY** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dine-vs-diy)
- **dis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dine-vs-dis)
- **DNC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dine-vs-dnc)
- **Dre** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dine-vs-dre)
- **div** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dine-vs-div)
- **dun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dine-vs-dun)
- **Dix** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dine-vs-dix)
- **dit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dine-vs-dit)
- **DNR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dine-vs-dnr)
- **DnB** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dine-vs-dnb)
- **DNP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dine-vs-dnp)
- **done** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dine-vs-done)
- **dude** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dine-vs-dude)
- **dont** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dine-vs-dont)

## Common misspellings (5)
`ddine`, `dien`, `dinne`, `dnie`, `idne`

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