aliment

C2+ Topic:Food & Drink

US /ˈæləmənt/ UK /ˈælɪmənt/ See IPA manual

Minimal pairs

Sounds like element /ɛ/ vs /æ/

Meanings

1

noun
food or nourishment; that which sustains

Bread was the chief aliment of the poor.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · food or nourishment; that... nourishment food sustenance nutriment fare provision

Word family

Forms alimentary

Derived forms alimentalalimentaryalimentation

Related forms alimonyalimentary

Etymology

From Latin alimentum ('nourishment, food'), from alere ('to nourish, feed').

alimentum Latin alere Latin *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European

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Topics

Food & Drink Word Formation & Derivatives

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# aliment

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈæləmənt/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈælɪmənt/

## Meanings
1. food or nourishment; that which sustains

## Examples
- Bread was the chief aliment of the poor.

## Synonyms
- nourishment
- food
- sustenance
- nutriment
- fare
- provision

## Derived Forms
- alimental
- alimentary
- alimentation

## Related Forms
- alimony
- alimentary

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: alimentum
- Root: alere
- Root: *h₂el-

## Etymology
From Latin alimentum ('nourishment, food'), from alere ('to nourish, feed').

## AI Etymology
Aliment is a noun meaning "food or nourishment; that which sustains". Historically, it is from Latin alimentum ('nourishment, food'), from alere ('to nourish, feed'). The historical chain links Latin alimentum, Latin alere, and Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-. Close English family members include alimental, alimentary, alimentation, and alimony. This keeps the modern noun sense tied to the older forms and language sequence behind it.

## Topics
- Food & Drink
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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