Synonyms: feed, have a meal
| Part of speech | verb |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /iːt/ |
| Hyphenation | eat |
| Shavian alphabet | 𐑰𐑑 |
| Indicative mood | |
|---|---|
| Present tense | Past tense |
| (I) eat | (I) ate /ɛt/, /eɪt/ |
| (thou) eatest | (thou) atest |
| (he) eats, eateth | (he) ate /ɛt/, /eɪt/ |
| (we) eat | (we) ate |
| (you) eat | (you) ate |
| (they) eat | (they) ate |
| Subjunctive mood | |
| Present tense | Past tense |
| (I) eat | (I) ate |
| (thou) eat | (thou) ate /ɛt/, /eɪt/ |
| (he) eat | (he) ate |
| (we) eat | (we) ate |
| (you) eat | (you) ate |
| (they) eat | (they) ate |
| Imperative mood | |
| eat | |
| Participles | |
| Present participle | Past participle |
| eating | eaten /ˈiːtn/ |
| Afrikaans | eet |
|---|---|
| Albanian | ha |
| Catalan | menjar |
| Czech | jíst |
| Danish | æde; spise |
| Dutch | bikken; eten; vreten |
| English (Old English) | etan |
| Esperanto | manĝi |
| Faeroese | eta |
| Finnish | syödä |
| French | déjeuner; manger |
| German | essen; fressen; genießen; speisen |
| Hawaiian | hoʻopiha; ʻai; ʻai iho |
| Hungarian | eszik |
| Icelandic | éta |
| Italian | mangiare |
| Jamaican Patois | iit; nyam |
| Kabylian | ecc |
| Latin | edere |
| Low German | eaten |
| Luxemburgish | iessen |
| Malay | makan; memakan |
| Norwegian | ete; spise |
| Papiamento | kome |
| Polish | jeść |
| Portuguese | comer |
| Romanian | mânca |
| Russian | есть; кушать |
| Saterland Frisian | iete |
| Scots | eat |
| Scottish Gaelic | ith |
| Spanish | comer |
| Sranan | nyan |
| Swahili | ‐la |
| Swedish | äta |
| Thai | กิน; กินข้าว; ทาน; ทานข้าว |
| Turkish | yemek |
| Ukrainian | їсти |
| Welsh | bwyta |
| West Frisian | ite |
| Yiddish | עסן; אַכלען |