alimentować

== Polish == === Etymology === From alimenty +‎ -ować, from Latin alimentum. Sense 1 is a semantic loan from French alimenter. First attested in 1686–1721. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /a.li.mɛnˈtɔ.vat͡ɕ/ Rhymes: -ɔvat͡ɕ Syllabification: a‧li‧men‧to‧wać === Verb === alimentować impf (transitive, law) to pay alimony [with accusative ‘to whom’] alimentować rodziców ― to pay alimony to parents alimentować dziecko ― to pay alimony for a child obowiązek alimentowania ― the duty/burden of paying alimony osoba alimentowana ― the pay alimony (transitive, geography, of water sources) to feed (to supply water to a body of water) [with accusative ‘what’] [with instrumental ‘with what’] (transitive, obsolete) to aliment, to nourish ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === References === === Further reading === alimentować in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN alimentować in Polish dictionaries at PWN J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “alimentować”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 25 alimentować in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego