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 (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling אלימינטו)

1. food (solid substance that can be consumed)

   Synonyms: komer, komida

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		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		alimentāre	alimentāvisse	alimentātūrum esse	alimentārī	alimentātum esse	alimentātum īrī
participles		alimentāns	—	alimentātūrus	—	alimentātus	alimentandus
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