appetizer

English

Alternative forms

appetiser (Commonwealth only)

Etymology

Etymology tree

English appetize

Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.

Proto-Italic *-āsjos

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -āriusbor.

Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz

Proto-West Germanic *-ārī

Old English -ere

Middle English -ere

English -er

English appetizer

From appetize + -er.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈæpɪˌtaɪzə/
Audio (US): (file)

Noun

appetizer (plural appetizers)

A small, light, and usually savory first course in a meal.
Synonyms: (slang) appy, entrée, hors d'oeuvre, starter
Something that creates or increases excitement for what is to follow.

Derived terms

Translations

small, light first course

Arabic: مَزَّة (ar) f (mazza), مُشَهْي m (mušahy), مُقَبِّل m (muqabbil)
Armenian: նախուտեստ (hy) (naxutest)
Azerbaijani: məzə
Bulgarian: аперити́в (bg) m (aperitív), мезе́ n (mezé), заку́ска (bg) f (zakúska), разядка f (razjadka)
Catalan: aperitiu (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 開胃菜 / 开胃菜 (zh) (kāiwèicài), 前菜 (zh) (qiáncài)
Czech: předkrm (cs) m, apetizér m
Dutch: bittergarnituur (nl), borrelhapjes (nl) pl
Esperanto: antaŭmanĝaĵo
Finnish: alkupala (fi), alkuruoka (fi)
French: amuse-gueule (fr), garniture d'apéritif, entrée (fr) f
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: Appetithappen, Schnapsleckerbissen, Vorspeise (de) f
Greek: ορεκτικό (el) n (orektikó)
Italian: aperitivo (it) m, stuzzichino (it) m, antipasto (it) m (starter)
Japanese: アペタイザー (apetaizā), 前菜 (ja) (ぜんさい, zensai)
Kabuverdianu: bafu, bófe
Korean: 전채 (jeonchae), 애피타이저 (ko) (aepitaijeo)
Latin: gustātiō f
Macedonian: мезе n (meze), закуска f (zakuska), предјадење n (predjadenje)
Malayalam: വിശപ്പുണ്ടാക്കി (viśappuṇṭākki)
Māori: kūmamatanga, whakapūwharu
Persian: پیش‌غذا (fa) (piš-ġazâ)
Polish: zakąska (pl) f, przystawka (pl) f
Portuguese: aperitivo (pt) m, entrada (pt) f, dentinho m
Russian: заку́ска (ru) f (zakúska), аперити́в (ru) m (aperitív)
Serbo-Croatian:
Latin: predjelo (sh) n
Spanish: aperitivo (es) m, antojito m (Mexico), boca (es) f (Costa Rica), boquitas f pl (Central America), bocadito (es) m (Ecuador, Peru), botana (es) f (Mexico), pasaboca (es) m (Colombia), pasapalo (es) m (Venezuela), picada (es) f (Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay), picadera f (Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico), picadito m (Bolivia), picaíto m (Cuba), picoteo (es) m (Chile), pincho (es) m (Northern Spain), piqueo (es) m (Ecuador), tapa (es) f (Spain standard usage), abreboca (es) m
Swedish: aptitretare (sv) c
Tagalog: pampagana
Thai: อาหารเรียกน้ำย่อย (aa-hǎan-rîiak-nám-yɔ̂i)
Turkish:
Ottoman Turkish: مزه (meze)
Vietnamese: khai vị (vi), món khai vị