Word Frequency
picnic (ˈpɪknɪk
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Definitions
noun
- a trip or excursion to the country, seaside, etc, on which people bring food to be eaten in the open air
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- any informal meal eaten outside
- (as modifier) ⇒
a picnic lunch
- (informal (mainly Australian) a troublesome situation or experience
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See no picnic
verb
-nics, -nicking, -nicked- intr to eat a picnic
Derived Forms
ˈpicnicker nounWord Origin
C18: from French piquenique, of unknown originTranslations for 'picnic'
- British English: picnic When people have a picnic, they eat a meal out of doors.We're going on a picnic tomorrow.ˈpɪknɪk NOUN
- Arabic: نُزْهَةُ الأَكْل فِي الهَواءِ الطَّلْق
- Brazilian Portuguese: piquenique
- Chinese: 野餐
- Croatian: piknik
- Czech: piknik
- Danish: picnic
- Dutch: picknick
- European Spanish: comida campestre
- Finnish: piknik
- French: pique-nique
- German: Picknick Picknicks
- Greek: πικνίκ
- Italian: picnic
- Japanese: ピクニック
- Korean: 소풍
- Norwegian: piknik
- Polish: piknik
- Portuguese: piquenique
- Romanian: picnic picnicuri
- Russian: пикник
- Spanish: comida campestre
- Swedish: picknick
- Thai: การไปเที่ยวนอกบ้านและนำอาหารไปรับประทาน
- Turkish: piknik
- Ukrainian: пікнік
- Vietnamese: cắm trại
- British English: picnic When people picnic somewhere, they have a picnic. VERBAfterwards, we picnicked on the riverbank.
- Brazilian Portuguese: fazer um piquenique
- Chinese: 野餐
- European Spanish: hacer un picnic
- French: pique-niquer
- German: picknicken
- Italian: fare un picnic
- Japanese: ピクニックに行く
- Korean: 소풍 하다
- Portuguese: fazer um piquenique
- Spanish: hacer un picnic
Example Sentences Including 'picnic'
An entire European family could make a picnic of canapes from the staggering high pile of cold cuts in just one New York deli sandwich.canada.com (2004)
Every year in April, he brings together a big group of disabled children for a week-long picnic on a Mumbai beach.India Today (1997)
He had the slogan "Get Big Fast "emblazoned on T-shirts and gave them to employees at the company picnic.DOT.CON (2001)
Little scenes, like the two of us having a picnic by a river, I was drinking wine.Coffin on the Water
On a picnic table, her bare feet resting on the bench, a woman sat peeling potatoes.C B Greenfield - A Little Madness
Our chalet came with a large decking area at the rear complete with picnic table.Belfast Telegraph (2003)
So she thought maybe your family and mine could go together for a picnic on Saturday.Anastasia Krupnik (3-in-1)
The racers have been dumping oil on the ground and using the small picnic site to perform skids and high-speed stunts.Belfast Telegraph (2004)
When you have a picnic table guarding the net it's pretty hard to score.Toronto Sun (2003)
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