Préparer le dîner
Example: Je prépare le dîner pour toute la famille ce soir.
Definition
"Préparer le dîner" means to make or arrange the evening meal, involving cooking and organizing food to be served, typically for family or guests. For example, in "Je prépare le dîner pour toute la famille ce soir," it indicates the act of getting dinner ready for everyone tonight.
Etymology
The phrase "préparer le dîner" comes from French, where "préparer" means to prepare or make ready, derived from Latin "praeparare" meaning to make ready beforehand. "Dîner" means dinner, originally referring to the main meal of the day, coming from Old French "disner," which meant the first meal of the day but evolved to mean the evening meal.
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"Préparer le dîner" appears in the Vocaplus list "French - General - (A2) - set 4", containing 115 commonly used words.
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to prepare dinner