lunchbreak

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noun

A period of rest from work for the purpose of eating lunch.

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Meanings

nounlunchbreak (plural lunchbreaks)

plural lunchbreaks · alternative lunch break

  1. A period of rest from work for the purpose of eating lunch.

Origin

From lunch + break.

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Translations

Arabic اِسْتِرَاحَةُ الْغَدَاء
  • اِسْتِرَاحَةُ الْغَدَاء (istirāḥatu l-ḡadāʔ)break for lunch
Chinese Mandarin 午餐休息
  • 午餐休息 (wǔcān xiūxi)break for lunch
Dutch middagpauze
  • middagpauzebreak for lunch
Finnish lounastauko
  • lounastaukobreak for lunch
French pause-déjeuner
  • pause-déjeunerbreak for lunch
German Mittagspause
  • Mittagspausebreak for lunch
Hungarian ebédszünet
  • ebédszünetbreak for lunch
Irish sos lóin
  • sos lóinbreak for lunch
Japanese お昼休み
  • お昼休み (o-hiruyasumi)break for lunch
Korean 점심시간
  • 점심시간 (jeomsimsigan)break for lunch
Polish przerwa obiadowa
  • przerwa obiadowabreak for lunch
Romanian pauză de prânz
  • pauză de prânzbreak for lunch
Russian обе́денный переры́в, переры́в на обе́д
  • обе́денный переры́в (obédennyj pererýv)break for lunch
  • переры́в на обе́д (pererýv na obéd)break for lunch
Swedish lunchrast
  • lunchrastbreak for lunch
Turkish öğle molası
  • öğle molasıbreak for lunch
Ukrainian обі́дня пере́рва
  • обі́дня пере́рва (obídnja perérva)break for lunch
Welsh amser cinio
  • amser ciniobreak for lunch
Cite this entry
APA

lunchbreak. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lunchbreak

MLA

“lunchbreak.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lunchbreak. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lunchbreak,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lunchbreak.

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