lunch
French, noun/lœ̃ʃ/
lunch is spelled L-U-N-C-H (5 letters) and appears 1.4 times per million words in written French, the 25,925th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lunch is a French masculine noun meaning “a lunch, (usually light) meal around noon” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Repas servi à ses invités sous forme de buffet, collation”.
What does lunch mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea lunch, (usually light) meal around noon
- 2
masculinea light meal with sandwiches, cold cuts, pastry etc. served at a festive reception
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Repas servi à ses invités sous forme de buffet, collation. 2. Repas du midi, déjeuner en France, dîner au Canada, en Belgique et en Suisse romande.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of lunch
- lunchs plural
- lunches singular
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce lunch?
- /lœ̃ʃ/
- \lœntʃ\
- \lœ̃ʃ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to lunch
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is lunch in French?
lunch appears 1.4 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).