bon appétit
Americaninterjection
Example Sentences
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If preparing and eating Mediterranean-style recipes delights you, then bon appétit.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 15, 2022
This acts as a molecular bon appétit to mosquitoes, enticing them to chow down on Plasmodium-filled blood so the parasite can spread to a new host.
From Scientific American • Jan. 13, 2022
Just use grated cheese and herbs as your ornaments and say bon appétit.
From Fox News • Dec. 15, 2021
Sprinkle some over your word salad and bon appétit!
From Slate • May 18, 2020
The popularity in Mediterranean cultures of expressions like buen provecho, bon appétit, mangia and sahtain, or double health, in Levantine Arabic, suggest that civilized eating need not be confined to the table.
From New York Times • Feb. 29, 2012
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