different between picnic vs food

English

Alternative forms

• picknick (archaic)

Etymology

Borrowed from French pique-nique.

Pronunciation

• enPR: p?k?-n?k, IPA^(key): /?p?kn?k/
• Rhymes: -?kn?k
• Hyphenation: pic?nic

Noun

picnic (plural picnics)

1. An informal social gathering, usually in a natural outdoor setting, to which the participants bring their own food and drink.

2. The meal eaten at such a gathering.
3. (figuratively) An easy or pleasant task.

   Synonym: piece of cake
4. (obsolete) An entertainment at which each person contributed some dish to a common table.

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? Japanese: ????? (pikunikku)

Translations

See also

• packed lunch

Verb

picnic (third-person singular simple present picnics, present participle picnicking, simple past and past participle picnicked)

1. To take part in a picnic.

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English picnic, from French pique-nique.

Pronunciation

Noun

picnic m (invariable)

1. picnic (outdoor meal)

Romanian

Etymology

From French pique-nique

Noun

picnic n (plural picnicuri)

1. picnic

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English picnic, from French pique-nique.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pi?nik/, [?pi??.nik]

Noun

picnic m (plural picnics)

1. Misspelling of pícnic.

English

Etymology

From Middle English fode, foode, from Old English f?da (“food”), from Proto-Germanic *f?dô (“food”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh?- (“to guard, graze, feed”). Cognate with Scots fuid (“food”), Low German föde, vöde (“food”), West Frisian fiedsel (“food”), Dutch voedsel (“food”) Danish føde (“food”), Swedish föda (“food”), Icelandic fæða, fæði (“food”), Gothic ???????????????????????????? (f?deins, “food”), Latin p?nis (“bread, food”), Latin p?sc? (“feed, nourish”, verb). Related to fodder, foster.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: fo?od, IPA^(key): /fu?d/
• (General American) enPR: fo?od, IPA^(key): /fud/
• Rhymes: -u?d

Noun

food (usually uncountable, plural foods)

1. (uncountable) Any solid substance that can be consumed by living organisms, especially by eating, in order to sustain life.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:food
2. (countable) A foodstuff.

   Synonyms: (archaic, now only humorous or regional) belly-timber, foodstuff, provender; see also Thesaurus:food

   • 2006, C Williams, J Buttriss, Improving the Fat Content of Foods ?ISBN, page 492:

     Variation and changes in the trans fatty acid content of different foods, especially in processed foods, further complicate such estimates.

3. (uncountable, figuratively) Anything that nourishes or sustains.

   Hyponym: brainfood

   • 1798, William Wordsworth, Tintern Abbey

     In this moment there is life and food / For future years.

Usage notes

• Adjectives often applied to "food": raw, cooked, baked, fried, grilled, processed, healthy, unhealthy, wholesome, nutritious, safe, toxic, tainted, adulterated, tasty, delicious, fresh, stale, sweet, sour, spicy, exotic, marine.

Synonyms

• (substance consumed by living organisms): belly-timber (archaic, now only humorous or regional), chow (slang), comestible (formal), eats (slang), feed (for domesticated animals), fodder (for domesticated animals), foodstuffs, nosh (slang), nourishment, provender, sustenance, victuals

Derived terms

Related terms

• feed
• fodder

Translations

See also

• breakfast
• brunch
• dinner
• dunch
• lunch, luncheon
• meal
• supper
• Category:Foods

Further reading

• food on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• food on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• do of, doof