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Etymology
Old English etan, from Germanic *itan-, from Indo-European *h�ed-. Cognate with Scots aet, Dutch eten, German essen, Swedish äta; and (from IE) with Greek polytonic|�δ�, Latin edo|ed�, Russian ем, Lithuanian esti|ésti.

Pronunciation
IPA|/i�t/, SAMPA|/i:t/
audio|en-us-eat.ogg|Audio (US)
:Rhymes: Rhymes: -i�t

Verb
en-verb|eats|eating|ate|eaten

1. transitive To consume (something solid or semi-solid, usually food) by putting it into the mouth and swallowing it.

#: He�s eating an apple.

1. context|transitive|colloquial To cause (someone) to worry.

#: What�s eating you?

1. transitive Idiom To take a loss in a transaction

#: It�s a special order, we can�t send it back; if the customer won�t accept it, we�ll have to eat the 40 tons of steel ourselves.

1. intransitive To consume a meal.

#: What time do we eat this evening?
#: Don�t disturb me now; can't you see I�m eating?

Synonyms
italbrac|consume consume, swallow
italbrac-colon|cause to worry bother, disturb, worry
italbrac-colon|eat a meal dine, breakfast, chow down, have one's breakfast/lunch/dinner/supper/tea, lunch

Derived terms
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crow eater
eater
eat crow
eatery, eaterie
eat humble pie
eat in
eating
eat into
eat like a bird
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eat like a horse
eat like a pig
eat one's hat
eat out
eats
eat up
pie-eater
you are what you eat
what's eating you?
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Related terms
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breakfast<!--verb-->
dine
drink
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food
lunch#Intransitive verb|lunch
edible
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Translations
trans-top|consume
Ainu: � ('e), �� ('ipe)
Albanian: ha#Albanian|ha
Arabic: ARchar|�ا��|�أ�� (y�kul)
Basque: jan
Bosnian: jesti#Bosnian|jesti
Breton: debriñ
Bulgarian: ��ан� �е (khranja se), �м (jam)
Catalan: menjar
CJKV Characters: �, �; �, �, �; �; �
Chinese: � (chī)
Croatian: jesti#Croatian|jesti
Czech: jíst
Danish: spise, æde (used for animals and ill-mannered people)
Dutch: eten
Esperanto: man�i
Estonian: sööma
Filipino: kumain
Finnish: syödä (:fi:syödä|^)
French: manger#French|manger, bouffer (slang)
German: essen, fressen (used for animals only)
Greek: ���γ� (tróɣo), ���� (tróo), ε�θί� (esthío) (obsolete)
Hebrew: ��� (ekhól)
Hindi: �ाना (kh�n�)
Hungarian: eszik
Ido: manjar
Indonesian: makan, makan|memakan, melahap (eating greedily), mamam (babytalk)
:Javanese: dhahar (polite), mangan (casual)
:Sundanese: tuang (polite, to oneself), neda (polite, to others), emam (babytalk), dahar (casual), lebok or nyatu (animal), lolodok (fowl), jajablog (demon)
Irish: ith
Italian: mangiare
Japanese: ��� (���, taberu), �� (��, kuu) italbrac|vulgar, ���� (������, shokuji-suru), ����� (�����, meshi-agaru) italbrac|honorific, �� (����, itadaku) italbrac|humble
Khmer: KMchar|���� (ñum, colloquial), KMchar|���� (pis�, polite), KMchar|��� (sī, vulgar)
Korean: 먹� (meokda)
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Kurdish
:Kurmancî: xwarin (:ku:xwarin|^)
:Soranî: KUchar|خ�ارد� (xwardin)
Latin: edere|�sse, (or edere|�dere)
Malay: makan
Malayalam: �ഴിയ������ (kazhikkuka), തിന�ന�� (thinnuka), �ണ�ണ�� (uNNuka)
Maltese: kiel
Manx: ee#Manx|ee
Nepali: �ान�
Norwegian: spise, ete
Occitan: manjar
Old English: etan
Persian: FAchar|خ�رد� (x[v]ordan)
Polish: je��
Portuguese: comer
Punjabi: �ਾ (k�)
Romanian: mânca
Romansch: magliar
Russian: е��� (est�), к��а�� (kúšat�)
Scottish Gaelic: ith
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: �е��и#Serbian|�е��и
:Roman: jesti#Serbian|jesti
Sicilian: manciàri
Slovak: jesť
Slovene: jesti
Spanish: comer
Swahili: kula
Swedish: äta
Tagalog: kumain, kainin
Telugu: తిన�, భ��ి���
Thai: THchar|�ิ� (gin), THchar|รั��ระ�า� (ráp bpràtaan)
Ukrainian: ���и (jisty)
Urdu: URchar|کھا�ا (kh�n�)
Vietnamese: �n
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trans-top|colloquial: cause to worry
<!--Note: add COLLOQUIAL, INFORMAL or SLANG translations here, where these exist-->
Danish: plage, fortære
Finnish: mättää
French: ronger
trans-mid
Greek: ���� (tróo), �κο�ίζ� (skotízo)
Swedish: gnaga
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trans-top|eat a meal
Bosnian: jesti#Bosnian|jesti
Croatian: jesti#Croatian|jesti
Danish: spise
Finnish: syödä
French: manger
German: essen
Greek: γε�μα�ίζ� (yevmatízo), έδ� (éðo) (obsolete)
Indonesian: menyantap, bersantap
Irish: ith
trans-mid
Italian: mangiare
Japanese: ����� (��������, shokuji o suru)
Kurdish: KUchar|�ا� خ�ارد�
Romanian: a lua o mas�
Romansh: magliar
Russian: е��� (est�), к��а�� (kúšat�)
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: �е��и#Serbian|�е��и
:Roman: jesti#Serbian|jesti
Spanish: comer
Swedish: äta
Telugu: భ��ి���
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Anagrams
ate
tea

Category:100 English basic words
Category:English irregular verbs

Frisian

Adverb
eat

1. something

Category:Frisian adverbs

da:eat
de:eat
el:eat
es:eat
fa:eat
fr:eat
gl:eat
ko:eat
io:eat
id:eat
it:eat
kk:eat
ku:eat
hu:eat
ja:eat
pl:eat
pt:eat
ro:eat
ru:eat
simple:eat
fi:eat
sv:eat
ta:eat
te:eat
th:eat
vi:eat
tr:eat
uk:eat
zh:eat

• 2008-01-01 19:48 - Keene - /* Derived terms */ *[[eat like a bird]] etc.

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