déjeuner

[ dey-zhœ-ney; English dey-zhuh-ney, dey-zhuh-ney ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, French.

, plural dé·jeu·ners [dey-zh, œ, -, ney, dey, -zh, uh, -neyz, dey-zh, uh, -, neyz].

Claret is drunk at the twelve o'clock dejeuner as well as at dinner.

At three o'clock, he gave a dejeuner to the Duke of Devonshire, who had also been an ambassador in Russia.

We doubt whether Europe can exhibit any open air festivity that can compete with a dejeuner at Chiswick.

In time, Monsieur Jules found himself constrained to announce that dejeuner was served.

All around them the approach of the dejeuner hour was now throwing the house into commotion.

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