alimentary en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˌælɪˈmɛnt(ə)ɹi/
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Etymology
Etymology tree English aliment Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusder. Middle English -arie English -ary English alimentary From aliment (“food”) + -ary.
Meanings
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Of, or relating to food, nutrition or digestion.
Like Malthus and Young, [Ricardo] could not imagine that humankind would ever be totally freed from the alimentary imperative.
2014, Thomas Piketty, Capital in the Twenty-First Century, →ISBN, page 6:
- Nourishing; nutritious.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more alimentary | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most alimentary | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Deriveds
alimentariness · alimentary paste · alimentary castration · unalimentary · oroalimentary · nonalimentary · agroalimentary · alimentary canal
Relateds
alimentation · alimony · alimental · alma mater · aliment · alumnus
Translations (17)
es alimentario (relating to food or nutrition) · it alimentare (relating to food or nutrition) · ro alimentar (relating to food or nutrition) · pt alimentício (relating to food or nutrition) · bg пита́телен (nourishing; nutritious) · bg храни́телен (relating to food or nutrition) · ru пищевой (relating to food or nutrition) · cs alimentární (relating to food or nutrition) · es alimenticio (relating to food or nutrition) · fr alimentaire (relating to food or nutrition) · ru питательный (nourishing; nutritious) · fi ravinto- (relating to food or nutrition) · fi alimentaarinen (relating to food or nutrition) · pt alimentar (relating to food or nutrition) · fi ravitseva (nourishing; nutritious) · sv alimentär (relating to food or nutrition) · ca alimentari (relating to food or nutrition)