picnic A1 Topic:Food & Drink US /ˈpɪknɪk/ See IPA manual Freq #5046 Meanings 1 noun A meal that you take outdoors to eat, often in a park or the countryside. We had a lovely picnic by the river on Sunday. 2 verb To eat a meal outdoors for pleasure. We picnicked under a big tree near the lake. 3 noun Something that is very easy or pleasant to do (often used in the negative). Moving house in one day was no picnic. Thesaurus Synonyms 3 noun · something that is very easy... piece of cakesnap Word family Forms picnickedpicnickingpicnics Derived forms picnickerpicnickerypicnickianpicnickishpicnickypicniclikepicnicwarewiknic Common collocations picnic basket Noun + noun Etymology AI details Borrowed from French pique-nique. Topics Food & Drink Actions & Processes External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # picnic **Type:** Word **Level:** A1 **Part of speech:** noun, verb **IPA (US):** /ˈpɪknɪk/ **Frequency rank:** 5046 ## Meanings 1. A meal that you take outdoors to eat, often in a park or the countryside. 2. To eat a meal outdoors for pleasure. 3. Something that is very easy or pleasant to do (often used in the negative). ## Examples - We had a lovely picnic by the river on Sunday. - We picnicked under a big tree near the lake. - Moving house in one day was no picnic. ## Derived Forms - picnicker - picnickery - picnickian - picnickish - picnicky - picniclike - picnicware - wiknic ## Etymology Borrowed from French pique-nique. ## AI Etymology Picnic was borrowed from French pique-nique. In present-day English it covers a meal that you take outdoors to eat, often in a park or the countryside, to eat a meal outdoors for pleasure, and something that is very easy or pleasant to do (often used in the negative). The wider family includes derived forms such as picnicker, picnickery, picnickian, picnickish, picnicky. ## Topics - Food & Drink - Actions & Processes markdown