bon appétit
Americaninterjection
Example Sentences
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Bilal Sharmoug, who closed the show, joked that the reason he was big was because, growing up, he conflated the word for "bon appetit" in Arabic – sahtein – with sahnein, meaning "two plates".
From Reuters • Aug. 31, 2022
The voice of another inmate could be heard as he settled down to his evening meal and wished his neighbours bon appetit.
From The Guardian • Jul. 16, 2015
Vive la Child, to say nothing of bon appetit.
From Time Magazine Archive
Hers was not a case of vendible charms, it was le bon appetit merely, an Epicurean virtue.
From Life, Letters, and Epicurean Philosophy of Ninon de L'Enclos The Celebrated Beauty of the Seventeenth Century by Overton, William Hassell
Maman, vous ne mangez pas de bon appetit.
From Pencil Sketches or, Outlines of Character and Manners by Leslie, Eliza
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