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Added 9 October 2026

dine

/daɪn/ verb

In Latin: cēnō Wiktionary

verb Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about dine at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

Have supper; eat dinner.
We often dine with friends in this restaurant
Give dinner to; host for dinner.
I'm wining and dining my friends

Origin

From Middle English dynen, from Old French disner (“to dine, eat the main meal of the day”), from Vulgar Latin *disiūnāre (“to eat breakfast”), from *disieiūnāre (“to break the fast”), from Late Latin, from dis- + iēiūnō (“to fast”), from Latin ieiūnus.

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