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Definition for: eat

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English

Rank of this word in the English language, from analyzing texts from Project Gutenberg.
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Etymology

Old English etan , from Germanic *itan- , from Indo-European *h₁ed- . Cognate with Scots aet , Dutch eten , German essen , Swedish äta ; and ( from IE ) with Greek ἔδω , Latin edō , Russian ем , Lithuanian ésti .

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /iːt/ , SAMPA: /i:t/
    • Rhymes: Rhymes: -iːt

Verb

Infinitive
to eat

Third person singular
eats

Simple past
ate

Past participle
eaten

Present participle
eating

  1. ( transitive ) To consume (something solid or semi-solid, usually food) by putting it into the mouth and swallowing it.
    He's eating an apple.
  2. ( transitive , colloquial ) To cause (someone) to worry.
    What’s eating you?
  3. ( transitive ) ( idiomatic ) To take a loss in a transaction
    It’s a special order, we can’t send it back; if the customer won’t accept it, we’ll have to eat the 40 tons of steel ourselves.
  4. ( intransitive ) To eat a meal.
    What time do we eat this evening?
    Don’t disturb me now - can't you see I'm eating ?

Synonyms

Translations

consume

  • Albanian: ha
  • Arabic: يأكل (yá:kul)
  • Basque: jan
  • Bosnian: jesti
  • Breton: debriñ
  • Bulgarian: храня се (khranja se), ям (jam)
  • Catalan: menjar
  • Chinese: 吃 (chī)
  • Croatian: jesti
  • Czech: jíst
  • Danish: spise, æde (used for animals and ill-mannered people)
  • Dutch: eten
  • Esperanto: manĝi
  • Filipino: kumain
  • Finnish: syödä (^)
  • French: manger
  • German: essen, fressen (used for animals only)
  • Greek: τρώγω (tróɣo), τρώω (tróo), εσθίω (esthío) (obsolete)
  • Hebrew: אכל (ekhól)
  • Hindi: खाना (khānā)
  • Hungarian: eszik
  • Ido: manjar
  • Indonesian: makan, memakan
  • Irish: ith
  • Italian: mangiare
  • Japanese: 食べる (たべる, taberu), 食う (くう, kuu) ( vulgar ) , 食事する (しょくじする, shokuji-suru), 召し上がる (めしあがる, meshi-agaru) ( honorific ) , 頂く (いただく, itadaku) ( humble )
  • Korean: 먹다 (meokda)
  • Kurdish
Kurmancî: xwarin (^)
Soranî: xwardin
  • Latin: ēsse, (or ēdere)
  • Maltese: kiel
  • Manx: ee
  • Nepali: खानु
  • Norwegian: spise, ete
  • Old English: etan
  • Persian: خوردن (x[v]ordan)
  • Polish: jeść
  • Portuguese: comer
  • Punjabi: ਖਾ (kā)
  • Romanian: mânca
  • Romansch: magliar
  • Russian: есть (est’), кушать (kúšat’)
  • Scottish Gaelic: ith
  • Serbian:
    Cyrillic: јести
    Roman: jesti
  • Slovak: jesť
  • Slovene: jesti
  • Spanish: comer
  • Swahili: kula
  • Swedish: äta
  • Tagalog: kumain, kainin
  • Telugu: తిను, భుజించు
  • Thai: กิน (gin), รับประทาน (ráp bpràtaan)
  • Ukrainian: їсти (jisty)
  • Urdu: کھانا (khānā)
  • Vietnamese: ăn

colloquial: cause to worry

  • Danish: plage, fortære
  • Finnish: mättää
  • French: ronger
  • Greek: τρώω (tróo), σκοτίζω (skotízo)

eat a meal

  • Bosnian: jesti
  • Croatian: jesti
  • Danish: spise
  • Finnish: syödä
  • French: manger
  • German: essen
  • Greek: γευματίζω (yevmatízo), έδω (éðo) (obsolete)
  • Irish: ith
  • Italian: mangiare
  • Romansh: magliar
  • Russian: есть (est’), кушать (kúšat’)
  • Serbian:
    Cyrillic: јести
    Roman: jesti
  • Spanish: comer
  • Telugu: భుజించు

Derived terms

See also

Frisian

Adverb

eat

  1. something

Other Translations for "eat"

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