dining
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dine
(dīn)v. dined, din·ing, dines
v.intr.
To have dinner.
v.tr.
To give dinner to; entertain at dinner: wined and dined the visiting senators.
[Middle English dinen, from Old French diner, disner, from Vulgar Latin *disiūnāre, from *disiēiūnāre : Latin dis-, dis- + Latin iēiūnium, fast.]
Di·né
(dĭ′nĕ′)n.
1. (used with a pl. verb) The Navajo people.
2. The Navajo language.
[Navajo, the people.]
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Dining
Rare. the art or science of dining. — aristologist, n.
an abnormal fear of dining and dinner conversation.
the art of dinner conversation. — deipnosophist, n.
household linen collectively, especially tablecloths and napkins.
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Noun | 1. | ![]() Dutch treat - a dinner where each person pays for his own |
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Translations
dining
[ˈdaɪnɪŋ] CPD dining car N → coche m comedor, vagón m restaurantedining hall N → comedor m, refectorio m
dining room N → comedor m
dining table N → mesa f de comedor
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
dining
:dining car
n → Speisewagen m
dining chair
n → Esszimmerstuhl m
dining hall
n → Speisesaal m
dining room
n → Esszimmer nt; (in hotel) → Speiseraum m
dining table
n → Esstisch m
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
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