aliment
English
Etymology
From French aliment, from Latin alimentum (“food”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈæ.lɪ.mənt/
Audio (UK) (file)
Noun
aliment (countable and uncountable, plural aliments)
- (now rare) Food.
- (figuratively) Nourishment, sustenance.
- 1597, Francis Bacon, “Of the Coulers of Good and Evill. A Fragment.”, in James Spedding, Robert Leslie Ellis, and Douglas Denon Heath, editors, The Works of Francis Bacon, […], volume VII, London: Longman, Green, and Co.; […], published 1859, OCLC 855393451, pages 90–91:
- As when Demosthenes reprehended the people for hearkening to the conditions offered by King Philip, being not honourable nor equal, he saith they were but aliments of their sloth and weakness, which if they were taken away, necessity would teach them stronger resolutions.
- 1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia, Faber & Faber 1992 (Avignon Quintet), p. 356:
- All this monotony might be a good aliment for a poet but what if one had no gifts?
- (Scotland) An allowance for maintenance; alimony.
Verb
aliment (third-person singular simple present aliments, present participle alimenting, simple past and past participle alimented)
- (obsolete) To feed, nourish.
- To sustain, support.
- 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 434:
- Yet there would also be many – and not simply the powerful and ultra-privileged – who lost out, and whose discontent operated as a kind of political yeast, alimenting ‘unpatriotic’ thoughts and acts.
- 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 434:
Related terms
- alimentary
- alimentary canal
- alimony
- alimental
- alimentous
Anagrams
- ailment, maltine, netmail
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin alimentum.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /ə.liˈment/
- (Central) IPA(key): /ə.liˈmen/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /a.liˈment/
Audio (file)
Noun
aliment m (plural aliments)
- (piece of) food
Derived terms
- alimentar
See also
- menjar
Further reading
- “aliment” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “aliment”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “aliment” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “aliment” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French
Etymology
From Latin alimentum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.li.mɑ̃/
Audio (file)
Noun
aliment m (plural aliments)
- food
- 1755, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Discours sur l’origine et les fondements de l’inégalité parmi les hommes
- C’est ainsi qu’un pigeon mourrait de faim près d’un bassin rempli des meilleures viandes, et un chat sur des tas de fruits, ou de grain, quoique l’un et l’autre pût très bien se nourrir de l’aliment qu’il dédaigne, s’il s’était avisé d’en essayer.
- Thus a pigeon would be starved to death by the side of a dish of the choicest meats, and a cat on a heap of fruit or grain; though it is certain that either might find nourishment in the foods which it thus rejects with disdain, did it think of trying them.
- 1755, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Discours sur l’origine et les fondements de l’inégalité parmi les hommes
Related terms
- alimentaire
- alimentation
- alimenter
Descendants
- → Romanian: aliment
Further reading
- “aliment”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- mailent
Middle French
Noun
aliment m (plural alimens)
- item of food
Occitan
Etymology
From Latin alimentum.
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Noun
aliment m (plural aliments)
- item of food
Related terms
- alimentar
- alimentari
Romanian
Etymology
From French aliment, from Latin alimentum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.liˈment/
Noun
aliment n (plural alimente)
- food (any substance consumed by living organisms to sustain life)
Declension
Declension of aliment
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) aliment | alimentul | (niște) alimente | alimentele |
genitive/dative | (unui) aliment | alimentului | (unor) alimente | alimentelor |
vocative | alimentule | alimentelor |
Synonyms
- mâncare