dine

C2+ Topic:Actions & Processes

US /daɪn/ UK /daɪn/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

verb
to eat dinner, especially a formal or substantial meal

They chose to dine by candlelight on the terrace overlooking the sea.

Verb forms

Verb forms are not available for this word yet.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 verb · to eat dinner, especially a... eat feast sup banquet feed

Opposites

fast starve

Word family

Derived forms dinerdining

Related forms dinnerdinette

Simplified etymology

Dine entered Middle English from the same Old French source as dinner: desjeuner, meaning “have breakfast.” The word contains a root meaning “fasting” that ultimately goes back to Latin jejunus “fasting” or “barren.”

Etymology

From Middle English dinen, from Old French disner ('to dine'), probably from Vulgar Latin *disieiunare ('to break one's fast'), from dis- plus Late Latin ieiunare ('to fast').

disner Old French *disieiunare Latin ieiunare Latin

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Topics

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# dine

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** /daɪn/
**IPA (UK):** /daɪn/

## Meanings
1. to eat dinner, especially a formal or substantial meal

## Examples
- They chose to dine by candlelight on the terrace overlooking the sea.

## Synonyms
- eat
- feast
- sup
- banquet
- feed

## Antonyms
- fast
- starve

## Derived Forms
- diner
- dining

## Related Forms
- dinner
- dinette

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: disner
- Root: *disieiunare
- Root: ieiunare

## Etymology
From Middle English dinen, from Old French disner ('to dine'), probably from Vulgar Latin *disieiunare ('to break one's fast'), from dis- plus Late Latin ieiunare ('to fast').

## AI Etymology
Dine is from Middle English dinen, from Old French disner ('to dine'), probably from Vulgar Latin *disieiunare ('to break one's fast'), from dis- plus Late Latin ieiunare ('to fast'). Important recorded forms include disner (Old French), *disieiunare (Latin), and ieiunare (Latin). The current sense covers to eat dinner, especially a formal or substantial meal. The wider family includes derived forms such as diner and dining and related words such as dinner and dinette.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes
- Register & Style

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