Dîner vs Déjeuner

Gwen E.C1Kwiziq community member

Dîner vs Déjeuner

Hi, I live in Québec and I've been here for quite a while now. Whenever people want to refer to lunch here, they use dîner. Déjeuner is used to mean breakfast, and souper is used to mean lunch. The test said I was wrong when I translated lunch as dîner and I understand that since in France it means a completely different mealtime. Just wanted to post this so that others could be aware of the different vocabulary we use in Québec, since it was really confusing to me for a long time.

Asked 11 months ago
CécileNative French expert teacher in KwiziqCorrect answer

Hi Gwen, 

Thank you for sharing your Canadian experience with us.

You might find this Larousse page interesting -

https://www.larousse.fr/dictionnaires/francais/d%C3%A9jeuner/22999#:~:text=D%C3%A9jeuner%20%2F%20petit%20d%C3%A9jeuner%20%2F%20d%C3%AEner%20%2F,du%20soir%20est%20le%20d%C3%AEner.

Bonne Continuation !

 

Gwen E. asked:

Dîner vs Déjeuner

Hi, I live in Québec and I've been here for quite a while now. Whenever people want to refer to lunch here, they use dîner. Déjeuner is used to mean breakfast, and souper is used to mean lunch. The test said I was wrong when I translated lunch as dîner and I understand that since in France it means a completely different mealtime. Just wanted to post this so that others could be aware of the different vocabulary we use in Québec, since it was really confusing to me for a long time.

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