déjeuner
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9.9
- noun
- /deɪʒəˈnɜr/
- Formal
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- Manet's Déjeuner sur l'herbe, his Olympia.
- Déjeuner sur l'herbe
- Le Déjeuner
- Déjeuner sur
Examples
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Kindly ask all our friends to forgather in the lounge after they have finished their petit déjeuner.
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I'll buy you a little déjeuner and we can haggle about price over the steak tartare.
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Testosterone—made ready to sweep him away via petit déjeuner.
Fiction book (1999) -
Yet I do not believe that we should think of Monet's difficulties here as simply or only practical; they are not the result, as is sometimes argued concerning the first Déjeuner, of the particular audacity and risk.
Academic text (1994) -
Le Déjeuner, too, mixes invention and observation—yet according to a recipe which Monet would not repeat.
Academic text (1994) -
In fact, by December, Monet's view of the picture that would become Le Déjeuner was framed and argued for by the fatherly pleasure he took in his offspring:
Academic text (1994) -
Nonetheless, for the space remaining, I want to prize them apart far enough to allow a distinction between the ways they contribute to the two crucial readings of Le Déjeuner as a personal statement: the idea that Monet is acting through the picture to create an individual brand of painting, and the notion that he is constructing himself, his subjectivity, in the picture.
Academic text (1994) -
These regularities inscribe the social dimension of Monet's painting in a way not unlike the production of sociability, which is the key aspect of Monet's earlier Déjeuner, the one set outdoors.
Academic text (1994) -
After the morning meetings, they enjoyed a light déjeuner at a charming café in Paris.
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She invited her colleagues for a formal déjeuner to discuss the upcoming project.
Synonyms
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1.0
A meal in the middle of the day
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4.3
A formal meal eaten in the middle of the day
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9.1
A light midday meal people often eat in South Asia
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Déjeuner comes from French parts dé- 'undo' and jeûner 'to fast', so it originally meant 'to break the fast'. That's why déjeuner now means the meal that ends the morning fast, or lunch.