luncheon

• n.昼食会; 正式な昼食会

lunchの原綴りから、後に正式な昼食を指すようになった。

luncheon (n.)

"light repast between mealtimes," 1650s (lunching; spelling luncheon by 1706); earlier "thick piece, hunk," 1570s (luncheon), of uncertain origin. Perhaps northern English dialectal lunch "hunk of bread or cheese" (1580s; probably from Spanish lonja "a slice," literally "loin"), blended with or influenced by nuncheon (Middle English nonechenche, mid-14c.) "light mid-day meal," from none "noon" (see noon) + schench "drink," from Old English scenc, from scencan "pour out."

Despite the form lunching in the 1650s source OED discounts that it possibly could be from lunch (v.), which is much later. It suggests perhaps an analogy with truncheon, etc. Especially in reference to an early afternoon meal eaten by those who have a noontime dinner.

1. Promptly at one, luncheon was served.

昼食は1時になるとテーブルに上がります。

2. Luncheon will be served at one,Madam.

夫人、昼食は1時に始まります。

3.A casserole was already in the oven cooking gently for luncheon .

焙煎皿料理はオーブンに入れてゆっくりととろ火をつけて昼食を待っている間に食べます。

4.We have luncheon at twelve o 'clock.私たちは12時に昼食を取ります。

5.They allow no substitutions on the club luncheon .

ランチのセットは料理を変えてはいけないことになっている。