victual

English

Alternative forms

• victuall (obsolete)

Etymology

Middle English vitaille, from Late Latin victualia (“provisions”), from victus (“nourishment”), from vīvō (“live, survive”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈvɪtəl/

  Rhymes: -ɪtəl

Noun

victual (plural victuals)

1. Food fit for human consumption.

Verb

victual (third-person singular simple present victuals, present participle victualing or victualling, simple past and past participle victualed or victualled)

1. (transitive) To provide with food; to provision.
2. (intransitive) To lay in food supplies.
3. (intransitive) To eat.

Related terms

• victualer or victualler