alimentary

English

Etymology

From aliment (“food”) +‎ -ary.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌælɪˈmɛnt(ə)ɹi/

• Audio (US):

  (file)

Adjective

alimentary (comparative more alimentary, superlative most alimentary)

1. Of, or relating to food, nutrition or digestion.
   • 2014, Thomas Piketty, Capital in the Twenty-First Century, →ISBN, page 6:

     Like Malthus and Young, [Ricardo] could not imagine that humankind would ever be totally freed from the alimentary imperative.

2. Nourishing; nutritious.

Derived terms

• agroalimentary
• alimentariness
• alimentary canal
• alimentary castration
• alimentary paste
• oroalimentary
• unalimentary

 

Related terms

• aliment
• alimental
• alimentation
• alimony
• alma mater
• alumnus

 

Translations

relating to food or nutrition

• Bulgarian: хранителен (bg) (hranitelen), питателен (bg) (pitatelen), свързан с храна
• Catalan: alimentari (ca)
• Czech: alimentární (cs)
• French: alimentaire (fr)
• Italian: alimentare (it) m or f
• Portuguese: alimentar (pt), alimentício (pt)
• Romanian: alimentar (ro)
• Russian: пищевой (ru) (piščevoj)
• Spanish: alimenticio (es), alimentario (es)
• Swedish: alimentär (sv)

nourishing; nutritious

• Russian: питательный (ru) (pitatelʹnyj)