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alimentation

alimentation

9.9
The act of giving food and drink to a person or animal
  • noun
  • /ˌælɪmənˈteɪʃən/
  • Specialized
translation icon : alimentación
  • She focused on proper alimentation to support her training and maintain her health during the marathon.

Examples

  • I would answer that these questions, along with several others, are the fodder on which Jean Dubuffet ruminates, the daily alimentation of his mind.

    Academic text (1998)
  • I was wondering if you wanted to grab some alimentation for our hyperphagia.

  • In regard to foodways studies, the data demonstrate the importance of food's sensory appeal, the role of commensality, and how a person's self-image and sense of agency can be manifested through alimentation, particularly when these qualities are denied to individuals as a form of control and punishment.

    Academic text (2017)
  • The hospital provided excellent alimentation for all its patients, ensuring they received nutritious meals.

  • The teacher emphasized the importance of alimentation in early childhood development, highlighting how essential nutrition is.

Synonyms

feeding
vsalimentation
149 1.0

Eating or giving food to people, animals, and plants

focuses on the general process of providing food rather than a single act
nutrition
vsalimentation
125 2.3

How a person gets and uses food to stay healthy and grow

concerns providing food to others rather than receiving and using it
nourishment
vsalimentation
38 2.0

Food and drink needed for growth and health

focuses on the supplying process rather than both food and the act
sustenance
vsalimentation
23 5.7

Food and drink that keep you alive and healthy

focuses on the supplying process rather than the items that keep life
aliment
vsalimentation
  • Archaic
1 8.0

Food that gives people or animals what they need to live

is about the action of supplying food rather than the food itself
sustentation
vsalimentation
9.9

Help that keeps people alive by giving food or money

is the overall process of supplying food rather than only support acts
victuals
vsalimentation
  • Archaic
9.1

Food and drink kept or prepared to eat

is the general process of providing food rather than the physical supplies

Antonyms

83 4.7

A very strong hunger that happens when someone has no food for a long time

76 6.2

Not having basic things you need, like food, shelter, or sleep

How Nourished

satiation
1 6.6
overfeeding
1 3.7
alimentation
  • Specialized
9.9
malnutrition
  • Specialized
29 5.1
starvation
83 4.7

Surface Forms

alimentation singular
alimentations plural

Morphology

alimentation = aliment (semi-transparent) = aliment + ation

The word is a standard suffixal formation from 'aliment' + '-ation', but the base word is relatively learned and not strongly salient for many B1 learners.

Etymology

Alimentation comes from the Latin root alere, which means 'to feed' or 'nourish'. It shares this root with English words like alimony and alimentary, so alimentation simply means the act of giving food or nourishment.