picnic

English Online Dictionary. What means picnic‎? What does picnic mean?

English

Alternative forms

• pic-a-nic
• picknick (archaic)

Etymology

Borrowed from French pique-nique.

Pronunciation

• enPR: pĭkʹ-nĭk, IPA^(key): /ˈpɪknɪk/
• Rhymes: -ɪknɪk
• Hyphenation: pic‧nic
• Homophone: pyknic

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. (figurative) An easy or pleasant task.

   Synonym: piece of cake
4. (obsolete) An entertainment at which each person contributed some dish to a common table.
5. A cut of pork from the shoulder area (above the front leg) of a pig.

Derived terms

Descendants

• → Japanese: ピクニック (pikunikku)
• → Punjabi: ਪਿਕਨਿਕ (piknik)

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

Borrowed from French pique-nique.

Pronunciation

Noun

picnic n (plural picnicuri)

1. picnic

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English picnic, from French pique-nique.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpiɡnik/ [ˈpiɣ̞.nik]
• Rhymes: -iɡnik
• Syllabification: pic‧nic

Noun

picnic m (plural picnics)

1. Misspelling of pícnic.