alimentación
See also: alimentacion
Asturian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /alimentaˈθjon/, [a.li.mẽn̪.t̪aˈθjõŋ]
Noun
alimentación f (plural alimentaciones)
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Galician
Noun
alimentación f (plural alimentacións)
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Spanish
Etymology
From alimentar (“to feed”) + -ción. Cognate with Occitan alimentacion and English alimentation.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /alimentaˈθjon/ [a.li.mẽn̪.t̪aˈθjõn]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /alimentaˈsjon/ [a.li.mẽn̪.t̪aˈsjõn]
Audio (Colombia) (file) - Rhymes: -on
- Syllabification: a‧li‧men‧ta‧ción
Noun
alimentación f (plural alimentaciones)
- feeding (an instance of giving food)
- feeding (an instance of eating)
- food; diet; eating(the food and beverage a person or animal consumes)
- nourishment
- supply, input, power (of a resource into a mechanical process)
Derived terms
- agroalimentación
- autoalimentación
- bomba de alimentación
- sistema de alimentación ininterrumpida
- sobrealimentación
Further reading
- “alimentación”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014