main course

noun

The main serving or dish of a meal, usually cooked.

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Meanings

nounmain course (plural main courses)

plural main courses

  1. The main serving or dish of a meal, usually cooked.

    Synonyms: main, main dish

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe main serving or dish of a meal, usually cooked.

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mainmain dish

More synonyms by meaning

nounthe principal dish of a meal

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entree
Broader
course
Also see
entrée

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Afrikaans hoofgereg
  • hoofgeregmain dish of a meal
Bulgarian основно ястие, основно блюдо
  • основно ястие (osnovno jastie)main dish of a meal
  • основно блюдо (osnovno bljudo)main dish of a meal
Chinese Mandarin 主菜
  • 主菜 (zhǔcài)main dish of a meal
Danish hovedret
  • hovedretmain dish of a meal
Dutch hoofdgerecht
  • hoofdgerechtmain dish of a meal
Esperanto ĉefmanĝo
  • ĉefmanĝomain dish of a meal
Finnish pääruoka
  • pääruokamain dish of a meal
French plat principal, plat de résistance
  • plat principalmain dish of a meal
  • plat de résistancemain dish of a meal
German Hauptgericht
  • Hauptgerichtmain dish of a meal
Greek κύριο πιάτο
  • κύριο πιάτο (kýrio piáto)main dish of a meal
Hungarian főfogás, főétel
  • főfogásmain dish of a meal
  • főételmain dish of a meal
Icelandic aðalréttur
  • aðalrétturmain dish of a meal
Italian portata principale
  • portata principalemain dish of a meal
Japanese メインコース, メイン料理
  • メインコース (mein kōsu)main dish of a meal
  • メイン料理 (mein ryōri)main dish of a meal
Korean 메인 코스, 메인 요리
  • 메인 코스 (mein koseu)main dish of a meal
  • 메인 요리main dish of a meal
Latin summa cena
  • summa cenamain dish of a meal
Māori ōmatua
  • ōmatuamain dish of a meal
Norwegian Bokmål hovedrett
  • hovedrettmain dish of a meal
Polish danie główne, drugie danie
  • danie głównemain dish of a meal
  • drugie daniemain dish of a meal
Portuguese prato principal
  • prato principalmain dish of a meal
Russian второ́е блю́до
  • второ́е блю́до (vtoróje bljúdo)main dish of a meal
Spanish plato principal
  • plato principalmain dish of a meal
Swedish huvudrätt
  • huvudrättmain dish of a meal
Vietnamese món chính
  • món chínhmain dish of a meal
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APA

main course. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/main%20course

MLA

“main course.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/main%20course. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “main course,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/main%20course.

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