appetizer

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Any small, bite-size food served before a meal to whet and excite the palate. Used synonymously with the term hors d'oeuvre, though this term more aptly describes finger food, whereas appetizer can also apply to a first course served at table.

Definition: snack before meal
Antonyms: meal

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• Cuisines, Meals, and Restaurants - appetizers: snacks; small items eaten before main course: antipasto, canapés, cold cuts, crudités, dim sum, dips, finger foods, hors d'oeuvres, kickshaw, rollmop, rumaki, spreads, starters, tapas, vorspeise

Dansk (Danish)
n. - appetitvækker

Nederlands (Dutch)
voorafje, aperitiefje

Français (French)
n. - apéritif, amuse-gueule, (US) entrée

Deutsch (German)
n. - Aperitif, Vorspeise, Appetitanreger

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (μαγειρ.) ορεκτικό, μεζές, απεριτίφ

Italiano (Italian)
aperitivo, antipasto

Português (Portuguese)
n. - aperitivo (m), antepasto (m)

Русский (Russian)
закуска, выпивка перед едой

Español (Spanish)
n. - aperitivo, entrada, entremés, tapa

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - aptitretare, aperitif

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
开胃食品, 开胃物

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 開胃食品, 開胃物

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 식욕을 돋구는 것

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 食欲をそそるもの, 食欲を促進するもの

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مشهيات : طعام أو شراب يتناول قبل الطعام لفتح الشهيه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מתאבן, מגרה תיאבון‬