# dinner

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈdɪnə/ · frequency rank #1,716

## Definitions
1. The main meal of the day, often eaten in the evening.
2. An evening meal.
3. A midday meal (in a context in which the evening meal is called supper or tea).
4. A meal given to an animal.
5. A formal meal for many people eaten for a special occasion.
6. The food provided or consumed at any such meal.

## Etymology
From Middle English dyner, from Old French disner (“lunch”, but originally “breakfast”), (modern French dîner), from Vulgar Latin *disiūnō, *disiūnāre from Latin dis- + iēiūnō (“to break the fast”).

## Easily confused with
- **diver** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dinner-vs-diver)
- **Dunne** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dinner-vs-dunne)
- **Donne** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dinner-vs-donne)
- **Disney** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dinner-vs-disney)
- **downer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dinner-vs-downer)
- **donner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dinner-vs-donner)
- **dipper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dinner-vs-dipper)
- **Dionne** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dinner-vs-dionne)
- **drinker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dinner-vs-drinker)
- **dine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dine-vs-dinner)
- **Diane** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/diane-vs-dinner)
- **diner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/diner-vs-dinner)
- **dined** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dined-vs-dinner)
- **dinar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dinar-vs-dinner)
- **dimer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dimer-vs-dinner)
- **danger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/danger-vs-dinner)
- **Denver** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/denver-vs-dinner)
- **differ** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/differ-vs-dinner)
- **dancer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dancer-vs-dinner)
- **diaper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/diaper-vs-dinner)

## Common misspellings (6)
`ddinner`, `dinenr`, `dinnerr`, `dinnre`, `dniner`, `idnner`

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