elevenses

English

WOTD – 11 November 2018

Etymology

A cup of tea and a scone would be nice for elevenses

From dialectal elevens (“the eleven-o'clock meal”).

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɪˈlɛv(ə)nzɪz/
(General American) IPA^(key): /əˈlɛvənzəz/
Hyphenation: ele‧vens‧es

Noun

elevenses (usually uncountable, plural elevenses)

(Britain, informal) A short mid-morning break taken around eleven o'clock for a drink or light snack.

Synonyms

elevensies (one sense)

Related terms

eleven

Translations

short mid-morning break

Asturian: les once f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 上午茶 (shàngwǔchá)
Esperanto: kolaziono
Hebrew: ארוחת עשר‎‎ f

Japanese: イレブンシス
Macedonian: илевенсез (ilevensez)
Malay: minum pukul sebelas pagi
Russian: второй завтрак (ru) (vtoroj zavtrak)
Spanish: las once f

See also

fourses

Further reading

elevenses on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

sleeveens

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