alimentation

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French alimentation.

Noun

alimentation (countable and uncountable, plural alimentations)

1. (law) Alimony.
2. (biology) Nourishment, as a process or as a substance.
3. A French delicatessen.

Usage notes

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

• hyperalimentation
• hypoalimentation
• realimentation
• superalimentation

 

References

• John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “alimentation”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.

French

Etymology

From alimenter +‎ -ation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.li.mɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃/

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• Homophone: alimentations

Noun

alimentation f (plural alimentations)

1. feeding
2. food
3. power supply

Related terms

• aliment
• alimentaire
• alimenter

Further reading

• “alimentation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Middle French

Noun

alimentation f (plural alimentations)

1. nourishment; alimentation