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)
- An informal social gathering, usually in a natural outdoor setting, to which the participants bring their own food and drink.
- The meal eaten at such a gathering.
- (figurative) An easy or pleasant task.
- Synonym: piece of cake
- (obsolete) An entertainment at which each person contributed some dish to a common table.
- A cut of pork from the shoulder area (above the front leg) of a pig.
- (only in the phrase "no picnic") Something easy.
- While we can map out a planet's surface quite easily, mapping out the insides of a black hole is no picnic.
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Japanese: ピクニック (pikunikku)
- → Punjabi: ਪਿਕਨਿਕ (piknik)
- → Polish: piknik
- → Swahili: pikniki
Translations
See also
- packed lunch
Verb
picnic (third-person singular simple present picnics, present participle picnicking, simple past and past participle picnicked)
- To take part in a picnic.
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from English picnic, from French pique-nique.
Pronunciation
Noun
picnic m (invariable)
- picnic (outdoor meal)
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French pique-nique.
Pronunciation
Noun
picnic n (plural picnicuri)
- 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)
- Misspelling of pícnic.