aliment

== English == === Etymology === From French aliment, from Latin alimentum (“food”). === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈæ.lɪ.mənt/ === Noun === aliment (countable and uncountable, plural aliments) (now rare) Food. (figuratively) Nourishment, sustenance. (Scotland) An allowance for maintenance; alimony. ==== Translations ==== === Verb === aliment (third-person singular simple present aliments, present participle alimenting, simple past and past participle alimented) (obsolete) To feed, nourish. To sustain, support. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== alimentary alimentary canal alimony alimental alimentous === Anagrams === ailment, maltine, netmail == Catalan == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin alimentum. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central) [ə.liˈmen] IPA(key): (Balearic) [ə.liˈment] IPA(key): (Valencia) [a.liˈment] === Noun === aliment m (plural aliments) (piece of) food ==== Derived terms ==== alimentar ==== See also ==== menjar === Further reading === “aliment”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 “aliment”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “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/ === Noun === aliment m (plural aliments) food ==== 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 === === Noun === aliment m (plural aliments) item of food ==== Related terms ==== alimentar alimentari == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed 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) Synonym: mâncare ==== Declension ====