Lunch is a meal typically enjoyed in the middle of the day, providing a much-needed break and nourishment. The word for “lunch” varies across languages, reflecting different cultural practices and traditions. In this article, we’ll explore how to say “lunch” in 70 different languages, from the most widely spoken to some lesser-known ones.
Here is a list of how to say “lunch” in 70 different languages:
- Albanian (🇦🇱) – Drekë | Pronunciation: Dre-kuh
- Arabic (Standard) (🇸🇦) – غداء (Ghada) | Pronunciation: Gha-da
- Armenian (🇦🇲) – Ճաշ (Chash) | Pronunciation: Chash
- Azerbaijani (🇦🇿) – Nahar | Pronunciation: Na-har
- Basque (🇪🇸) – Bazkaria | Pronunciation: Baz-ka-ree-a
- Belarusian (🇧🇾) – Абед (Abed) | Pronunciation: Ah-bed
- Bengali (🇧🇩) – মধ্যাহ্নভোজ (Madhyahnavoj) | Pronunciation: Mod-hyo-hno-boj
- Bosnian (🇧🇦) – Ručak | Pronunciation: Roo-chak
- Bulgarian (🇧🇬) – Обяд (Obyad) | Pronunciation: Oh-byad
- Catalan (🇪🇸 – Catalonia) – Dinar | Pronunciation: Dee-nar
- Czech (🇨🇿) – Oběd | Pronunciation: Oby-ed
- Danish (🇩🇰) – Frokost | Pronunciation: Froh-kost
- Dutch (🇳🇱) – Lunch | Pronunciation: Luhnsh
- English (🇺🇸 / 🇬🇧) – Lunch | Pronunciation: Luhnch
- Estonian (🇪🇪) – Lõunasöök | Pronunciation: Luh-na-sook
- Farsi (Persian) (🇮🇷) – ناهار (Nahar) | Pronunciation: Na-har
- Finnish (🇫🇮) – Lounas | Pronunciation: Loh-nas
- French (🇫🇷) – Déjeuner | Pronunciation: Day-juh-nay
- Georgian (🇬🇪) – სადილი (Sadili) | Pronunciation: Sa-dee-lee
- German (🇩🇪) – Mittagessen | Pronunciation: Mit-tag-ess-en
- Greek (🇬🇷) – Μεσημεριανό (Mesimeriano) | Pronunciation: Me-see-me-ree-a-no
- Hebrew (🇮🇱) – ארוחת צהריים (Aruchat Tzohorayim) | Pronunciation: Ah-roo-khat Tzo-ho-rai-yeem
- Hindi (🇮🇳) – दोपहर का खाना (Dopahar ka khana) | Pronunciation: Doh-pa-har ka kha-na
- Hungarian (🇭🇺) – Ebéd | Pronunciation: Eh-bed
- Icelandic (🇮🇸) – Hádegismatur | Pronunciation: How-day-gis-ma-tur
- Indonesian (🇮🇩) – Makan siang | Pronunciation: Ma-kan see-ang
- Irish Gaelic (🇮🇪) – Lón | Pronunciation: Lone
- Italian (🇮🇹) – Pranzo | Pronunciation: Prahn-zo
- Japanese (🇯🇵) – 昼食 (Chūshoku) | Pronunciation: Choo-shoh-koo
- Kazakh (🇰🇿) – Түскі ас (Tüski as) | Pronunciation: Tü-ski as
- Khmer (Cambodian) (🇰🇭) – អាហារថ្ងៃត្រង់ (Aha tngai trong) | Pronunciation: Ah-ha tngai trong
- Korean (🇰🇷) – 점심 (Jeomsim) | Pronunciation: Jum-shim
- Kurdish (🇮🇶 / 🇸🇾 / 🇹🇷 / 🇮🇷) – Nivîn | Pronunciation: Ni-veen
- Kyrgyz (🇰🇬) – Түшкү тамак (Tüshkü tamak) | Pronunciation: Tüshkü ta-mak
- Lao (🇱🇦) – ອາຫານທ່ຽງ (Ahan thieng) | Pronunciation: A-han thieng
- Latvian (🇱🇻) – Pusdienas | Pronunciation: Pooz-dye-nas
- Lithuanian (🇱🇹) – Pietūs | Pronunciation: Pyay-toos
- Luxembourgish (🇱🇺) – Mëttegskroun | Pronunciation: Met-tek-skrown
- Macedonian (🇲🇰) – Ручек (Ruhek) | Pronunciation: Roo-chek
- Malay (🇲🇾 / 🇮🇩) – Makan tengahari | Pronunciation: Ma-kan te-ngah-ha-ree
- Maltese (🇲🇹) – Ikla ta’ nofsinhar | Pronunciation: Ik-la ta nof-sin-har
- Mandarin Chinese (🇨🇳) – 午餐 (Wǔcān) | Pronunciation: Woo-tsan
- Marathi (🇮🇳) – दुपारचे जेवण (Dūpārachē jēvaṇa) | Pronunciation: Doo-pa-ra-che je-va-na
- Mongolian (🇲🇳) – Үдийн хоол (Üdiin khool) | Pronunciation: Oo-deen khool
- Nepali (🇳🇵) – मध्याह्न भोजन (Madhyāhna bhojan) | Pronunciation: Madh-yah-na bho-jan
- Norwegian (🇳🇴) – Lunsj | Pronunciation: Luhnsh
- Pashto (🇦🇫) – غرمنۍ (Gharmanay) | Pronunciation: Ghar-ma-nay
- Polish (🇵🇱) – Obiad | Pronunciation: Oby-ad
- Portuguese (🇵🇹 / 🇧🇷) – Almoço | Pronunciation: Al-mo-so
- Romanian (🇷🇴) – Prânz | Pronunciation: Pranz
- Russian (🇷🇺) – Обед (Obed) | Pronunciation: Ah-bed
- Serbian (🇷🇸) – Ручак (Rućak) | Pronunciation: Roo-chak
- Sinhala (🇱🇰) – දහවල් ආහාරය (Dahaval āhāraya) | Pronunciation: Da-ha-val aa-haa-ra-ya
- Slovak (🇸🇰) – Obed | Pronunciation: Oby-ed
- Slovenian (🇸🇮) – Kosilo | Pronunciation: Ko-see-lo
- Somali (🇸🇴) – Qado | Pronunciation: Ka-do
- Spanish (🇪🇸) – Almuerzo | Pronunciation: Al-mwer-zo
- Swahili (🇰🇪 / 🇹🇿) – Chakula cha mchana | Pronunciation: Cha-ku-la cha m-cha-na
- Swedish (🇸🇪) – Lunch | Pronunciation: Luhnsh
- Tajik (🇹🇯) – Нисфирӯзӣ (Nisfirūzī) | Pronunciation: Nis-fi-roo-zee
- Tamil (🇮🇳) – மதிய உணவு (Madiya uṇavu) | Pronunciation: Ma-di-ya u-na-vu
- Telugu (🇮🇳) – మధ్యాహ్న భోజనం (Madhyāhna bhōjanaṁ) | Pronunciation: Madh-yah-na bho-ja-num
- Thai (🇹🇭) – อาหารกลางวัน (Āhān klāngwan) | Pronunciation: A-haan klang-wan
- Turkish (🇹🇷) – Öğle yemeği | Pronunciation: Oh-leh ye-meh-ee
- Ukrainian (🇺🇦) – Обід (Obid) | Pronunciation: O-bid
- Urdu (🇵🇰) – دوپہر کا کھانا (Dopahar ka khana) | Pronunciation: Doh-pa-har ka kha-na
- Uzbek (🇺🇿) – Tushlik | Pronunciation: Tush-lik
- Vietnamese (🇻🇳) – Bữa trưa | Pronunciation: Bua choo-ah
- Welsh (🇬🇧 – Wales) – Cinio | Pronunciation: Kin-yo
- Zulu (🇿🇦) – Isidlo sasemini | Pronunciation: Ee-seed-lo sa-se-mee-nee