brekkie

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Clipping of breakfast +‎ -ie.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɹɛ.ki/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛki
  • Hyphenation: brek‧kie

Noun

brekkie (countable and uncountable, plural brekkies)

  1. (Commonwealth, Ireland, informal) Diminutive of breakfast.
    What's for brekkie, Dad?
    • For quotations using this term, see Citations:brekkie.

Descendants

  • →? Maori: parakuihi

Translations

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