alimento

See also: alimentó and alimentò

Asturian

Verb

alimento

1. first-person singular present indicative of alimentar

Catalan

Verb

alimento

1. first-person singular present indicative of alimentar

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [aliˈmento]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ento
• Hyphenation: a‧li‧men‧to

Noun

alimento (accusative singular alimenton, plural alimentoj, accusative plural alimentojn)

1. (law) maintenance; alimony; child support

   Synonym: nutramono

Galician

Verb

alimento

1. first-person singular present indicative of alimentar

Ido

Etymology

From alimentar +‎ -o.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aliˈmento/

Noun

alimento (plural alimenti)

1. alimentation

Further reading

• alimento in Ido-English Dictionary by L. H. Dyer, 1924

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.liˈmen.to/
• Rhymes: -ento
• Hyphenation: a‧li‧mén‧to

Etymology 1

From Latin alimentum.

Noun

alimento m (plural alimenti)

1. food, nourishment

   Synonym: cibo

2. (in the plural) alimony, maintenance

Related terms

• alimentare
• alimentazione

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

alimento

1. first-person singular present indicative of alimentare

Further reading

• alimento in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• alimento in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
• alimento in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
• alimento in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• alimento in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• alimento in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• lamentio, limonate, metanoli, metilano, monetali, omentali, telamoni

Ladino

Etymology 1

Cognate with English aliment.

Noun

alimento m (Hebrew spelling אלימינטו)

1. foodstuff (food)

   Synonyms: komer, komida

   • 2002, Gad Nassi, editor, En Tierras Ajenas Yo Me Vo Murir: Tekstos Kontemporanos en Djudeo-espaniol : Leyenda de Una Lingua - Haketia - Kuentos. Memorias - Meliselda - Oki Oki‎^[1], Isis, →ISBN, page 490:

     En efekto, antes de Pesah las kazas fueron alimpiadas para kitar todo el hamets i vaziadas de todas las rezervas de alimentos komo arina, aroz, avikas, garvansos, etc…

     Indeed, before Passover houses were cleansed for the ridding of chamets and emptied of all food reserves such as flour, rice, white beans, chickpeas, and so on…

Derived terms

• alimentar
• alimentasión
• alimentozo

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

alimento

1. first-person singular present indicative of alimentar

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /a.liˈmen.toː/, [älʲɪˈmɛn̪t̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.liˈmen.to/, [äliˈmɛn̪t̪o]

Etymology 1

Noun

alimentō

1. dative/ablative singular of alimentum

Etymology 2

From alimentum +‎ -ō.

Verb

alimentō (present infinitive alimentāre, perfect active alimentāvī, supine alimentātum); first conjugation

1. (Medieval Latin) to nourish, feed

   Synonym: alō

Conjugation

   Conjugation of alimentō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	alimentō		alimentās		alimentat		alimentāmus		alimentātis		alimentant
	imperfect	alimentābam		alimentābās		alimentābat		alimentābāmus		alimentābātis		alimentābant
	future	alimentābō		alimentābis		alimentābit		alimentābimus		alimentābitis		alimentābunt
	perfect	alimentāvī		alimentāvistī		alimentāvit		alimentāvimus		alimentāvistis		alimentāvērunt, alimentāvēre
	pluperfect	alimentāveram		alimentāverās		alimentāverat		alimentāverāmus		alimentāverātis		alimentāverant
	future perfect	alimentāverō		alimentāveris		alimentāverit		alimentāverimus		alimentāveritis		alimentāverint
passive	present	alimentor		alimentāris, alimentāre		alimentātur		alimentāmur		alimentāminī		alimentantur
	imperfect	alimentābar		alimentābāris, alimentābāre		alimentābātur		alimentābāmur		alimentābāminī		alimentābantur
	future	alimentābor		alimentāberis, alimentābere		alimentābitur		alimentābimur		alimentābiminī		alimentābuntur
	perfect	alimentātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	alimentātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	alimentātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	alimentem		alimentēs		alimentet		alimentēmus		alimentētis		alimentent
	imperfect	alimentārem		alimentārēs		alimentāret		alimentārēmus		alimentārētis		alimentārent
	perfect	alimentāverim		alimentāverīs		alimentāverit		alimentāverīmus		alimentāverītis		alimentāverint
	pluperfect	alimentāvissem		alimentāvissēs		alimentāvisset		alimentāvissēmus		alimentāvissētis		alimentāvissent
passive	present	alimenter		alimentēris, alimentēre		alimentētur		alimentēmur		alimentēminī		alimententur
	imperfect	alimentārer		alimentārēris, alimentārēre		alimentārētur		alimentārēmur		alimentārēminī		alimentārentur
	perfect	alimentātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	alimentātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		alimentā		—		—		alimentāte		—
	future	—		alimentātō		alimentātō		—		alimentātōte		alimentantō
passive	present	—		alimentāre		—		—		alimentāminī		—
	future	—		alimentātor		alimentātor		—		—		alimentantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		alimentāre			alimentārī			alimentāns			—
future		alimentātūrum esse			alimentātum īrī			alimentātūrus			alimentandus
perfect		alimentāvisse			alimentātum esse			—			alimentātus
future perfect		—			alimentātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		alimentātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		alimentandī		alimentandō		alimentandum		alimentandō		alimentātum		alimentātū

Derived terms

• alimentātiō

Neapolitan

Noun

alimento ? (plural [please provide])

1. element

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.liˈmẽ.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.liˈmẽ.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.liˈmẽ.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.liˈmẽ.tu/

• Hyphenation: a‧li‧men‧to

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin alimentum.

Noun

alimento m (plural alimentos)

1. food (any substance consumed by living organisms to sustain life), foodstuff

   Synonym: comida

Related terms

• alimentação
• alimentado
• alimentar
• alimentício

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

alimento

1. first-person singular present indicative of alimentar

Further reading

• “alimento”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “alimento”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
• “alimento” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “alimento”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “alimento”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “alimento”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aliˈmento/ [a.liˈmẽn̪.t̪o]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ento
• Syllabification: a‧li‧men‧to

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin alimentum. Cognate with English aliment.

Noun

alimento m (plural alimentos)

1. (slightly formal) food (solid substance that can be consumed)

   Synonyms: comida, comer

2. nourishment
3. (in the plural) alimony, maintenance

   Synonym: pensión

Derived terms

• alimentar
• alimenticio
• alimentoso
• banco de alimentos
• frutos por alimentos
• procesador de alimentos (“food processor”)

Related terms

• alimentario

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

alimento

1. first-person singular present indicative of alimentar

Further reading

• “alimento”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10