postprandial

adj.
Following a meal, especially dinner: took a postprandial walk through the woods.

postprandially post·pran'di·al·ly adv.

(post-PRAN-dee-uhl)

adjective
After a meal, especially dinner.

Etymology
From Latin post- (after) + prandium (meal). Ultimately from Indo-European root ed- (to eat or to bite) that has given other words such as edible, comestible, obese, etch, and fret

Two siblings of this word are preprandial (before a meal) and prandial (relating to a meal).
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Usage
"A plate of the fashion petits fours accompanied Mrs. Barsky's postprandial iced cappuccino." — Rebecca Mead; Off the Runway; New Yorker (New York); Feb 6, 2005.

"There (in France) it (cognac) is still seen as a conservative postprandial tipple enjoyed by elderly bourgeois males." — Susan Bell; Beau selecteur; Scotland on Sunday (Edinburgh); Feb 6, 2005.

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Occurring after a meal.

(pōst-pran′de-əl)
adj

After having eaten.

After eating. Called also postcibal.

• p. alkaline tide — see postprandial alkaline tide.

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - efter middagen

Français (French)
adj. - d'après le repas (sieste, etc) (péj), (Méd) post-prandial

Deutsch (German)
adj. - Verdauungs-, nach dem Essen

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - επιδόρπιος, που έπεται γεύματος

Italiano (Italian)
dopo il pranzo

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - pós-prandial (após a refeição)

Русский (Russian)
после еды

Español (Spanish)
adj. - de sobremesa

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - skeende efter middagen (skämts.)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
餐后的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 餐後的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 정찬[식후]의

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 食後の

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮שלאחר ארוחת צהריים או ערב‬

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