alimentation
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French alimentation.
Noun
[edit]alimentation (countable and uncountable, plural alimentations)
- (law) Alimony.
- (biology) Nourishment, as a process or as a substance.
- A French delicatessen.
Usage notes
[edit]The term is restricted to technical usage in English, unlike in its source language French, where alimentation is a commonplace word for "food".
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “alimentation”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /a.li.mɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃/
Audio: (file) - Homophone: alimentations
Noun
[edit]alimentation f (plural alimentations)
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “alimentation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle French
[edit]Noun
[edit]alimentation f (plural alimentations)
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