vitaile

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === fetayle, vetaille, vetel, victuayle, vitaill, vitaille, vitaylle, viteill, vitell, vittaille, vytayle === Etymology 1 === From Old French vitaile, from Latin victuālia. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /viˈtæi̯l(ə)/, /ˈvitɛl(ə)/ ==== Noun ==== vitaile (plural vitailes or vitaile) (primarily as a plural) That which provides nutrition; food, nourishment. A ration or rations, victuals; one's store of food for journeying. Food yielded from agriculture. ===== Derived terms ===== vitailen vitailler vitaillyng ===== Descendants ===== English: victual, vittle Scots: victual → Irish: biotáille === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== vitaile alternative form of vitailen === References === == Old French == === Etymology === Latin victuālia, the nominative plural of victuālis, from victus, from the verb vīvō (“to live”). === Noun === vitaile oblique singular, f (oblique plural vitailes, nominative singular vitaile, nominative plural vitailes) (chiefly in the plural) provisions; victuals; food ==== Descendants ==== → Middle English: vitaile, fetayle, vetaille, vetel, victuayle, vitaill, vitaille, vitaylle, viteill, vitell, vittaille, vytayleEnglish: victual, vittleScots: victual→ Irish: biotáille