bon appétit

bon ap·pé·tit
UK/ˌbɒn apəˈtiː/US/ˌboʊn æpəˈti(t)/

phrase

Used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat.

Similar
enjoy your meal
OriginFrench bon appétit →
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Meanings

phrase

alternative bon appetit · alternative humorous bone apple tea · alternative humorous bone apple teeth

  1. Used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat.

    Synonyms: enjoy your meal

Synonyms & antonyms

phraseUsed to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat.

Similar
enjoy your meal
Also see
enjoy your mealget it in ya

Origin

  1. Frenchbon appétit
  2. Englishbon appétit

Unadapted borrowing from French bon appétit (literally “good appetite”).

More words from French

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Translations

Afrikaans lekker eet
  • lekker eetused to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
Arabic شَهِيَّة طَيِّبَة, بِٱلصِّحَّةِ وَٱلْعَافِيَةِ
  • شَهِيَّة طَيِّبَة (šahiyya ṭayyiba)used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
  • بِٱلصِّحَّةِ وَٱلْعَافِيَةِ (bi-ṣ-ṣiḥḥati wal-ʕāfiyati)used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
  • بِٱلْهَنَاءِ وَٱلشِّفَاءِ (bi-l-hanāʔi waš-šifāʔi)used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
  • وَجْبَة طَيِّبَة (wajba ṭayyiba)used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
Basque on egin, on dagizula
  • on eginused to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
  • on dagizulaused to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
  • on dagizuelaused to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
Bulgarian бон апети́, до́бър апети́т
  • бон апети́ (bon apetí)used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
  • до́бър апети́т (dóbăr apetít)used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
  • прия́тен апети́т (prijáten apetít)used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
Catalan bon profit
  • bon profitused to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
Chinese Cantonese 請慢用 /请慢用, 慢用
  • 請慢用 /请慢用 (cing² maan⁶ jung⁶)used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
  • 慢用 (maan⁶ jung⁶)used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
Chinese Mandarin 請慢用 /请慢用, 慢用
  • 請慢用 /请慢用 (qǐng mànyòng)used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
  • 慢用 (mànyòng)used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
  • 吃好喝好 (chīhǎohēhǎo)used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
Czech dobrou chuť, nechej si chutnat
  • dobrou chuťused to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
  • nechej si chutnatused to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
  • nech si chutnatused to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
Danish velbekomme, god appetit
  • velbekommeused to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
  • god appetitused to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
Dutch smakelijk eten, eet smakelijk
  • smakelijk etenused to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
  • eet smakelijkused to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
  • smakelijkused to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
Esperanto bonan apetiton
  • bonan apetitonused to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
Estonian head isu
  • head isuused to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
Finnish hyvää ruokahalua
  • hyvää ruokahaluaused to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
French bon appétit, bon ap'
  • bon appétitused to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
  • bon ap'used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
German guten Appetit, lass es dir schmecken
  • guten Appetitused to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
  • lass es dir schmeckenused to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
  • lasst es euch schmeckenused to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
  • lassen Sie es sich schmeckenused to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
  • Mahlzeitused to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
Greek καλή όρεξη
  • καλή όρεξη (kalí órexi)used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
Hebrew בְּתֵאָבוֹן
  • בְּתֵאָבוֹן (b'te'avón)used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
Hindi सुख भोजन, कृपया भोजन का आनंद लीजिये
  • सुख भोजन (sukh bhojan)used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
  • कृपया भोजन का आनंद लीजिये (kŕpayā bhojan kā ānand lījiye)used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
Hungarian jó étvágyat
  • jó étvágyatused to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
Icelandic verði þér að góðu, verði ykkur að góðu
  • verði þér að góðuused to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
  • verði ykkur að góðuused to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
Indonesian selamat makan
  • selamat makanused to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
Italian buon appetito
  • buon appetitoused to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
Korean 맛있게 드십시오, 맛있게 드세요
  • 맛있게 드십시오 (masitge deusipsio)used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
  • 맛있게 드세요 (masitge deuseyo)used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
  • 많이 드세요 (mani deuseyo)used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
  • 맛있게 먹어요 (masitge meogeoyo)used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
  • 잘 먹어 (jal meogeo)used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
  • 많이 먹어 (mani meogeo)used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
Latin bene sapiat
  • bene sapiatused to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
Latvian labu apetīti
  • labu apetītiused to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
Lithuanian gero apetito, skanaus
  • gero apetitoused to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
  • skanausused to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
Malay selamat makan, selamat menjamu selera
  • selamat makanused to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
  • selamat menjamu seleraused to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
Norwegian Bokmål vel bekomme, spis godt
  • vel bekommeused to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
  • spis godtused to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
  • håper det smakerused to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
Polish smacznego
  • smacznegoused to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
Portuguese bom apetite, bom proveito
  • bom apetiteused to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
  • bom proveitoused to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
Romanian poftă bună, poftă mare
  • poftă bunăused to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
  • poftă mareused to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
Russian прия́тного аппети́та
  • прия́тного аппети́та (prijátnovo appetíta)used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
Scottish Gaelic ith do leòr
  • ith do leòrused to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
Slovak dobrú chuť
  • dobrú chuťused to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
Spanish buen provecho, provecho
  • buen provechoused to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
  • provechoused to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
  • que aprovecheused to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
Swahili karibu chakula
  • karibu chakulaused to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
Swedish smaklig måltid, smaklig spis
  • smaklig måltidused to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
  • smaklig spisused to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
  • låt det smakaused to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
Thai เชิญทานครับ, เชิญทานค่ะ
  • เชิญทานครับ (chəən taan kráp)used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
  • เชิญทานค่ะ (chəən taan kâ)used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
  • ทานให้อร่อยนะ (taan hâi à-rɔ̀i ná)used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
  • กินให้อร่อย (gin hâi à-rɔ̀i)used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
  • ทานให้อร่อย (taan hâi à-rɔ̀i)used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
Turkish afiyet olsun
  • afiyet olsunused to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
Ukrainian смачно́го
  • смачно́го (smačnóho)used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
Urdu نوش فَرْمائِیے, نوشِ جان
  • نوش فَرْمائِیے (noś farmāiye)used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
  • نوشِ جان (noś-i jān)used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
Vietnamese ăn nào, ăn ngon nhé
  • ăn nàoused to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
  • ăn ngon nhéused to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
  • chúc ngon miệngused to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
Yiddish עס געזונטערהײט, עסט געזונטערהײט
  • עס געזונטערהײט (es gezunterheyt)used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat
  • עסט געזונטערהײט (est gezunterheyt)used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with bon appétit

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