sustenance en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈsʌs.tə.nəns/
Etymology
From Middle English sustenaunce, from Old French sustenance, from sustenir with the suffix -ance, from Vulgar Latin *sustenire, from Latin sustinere. Compare also Late Latin sustinentia. Equivalent to sustain + -ance.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) Something that provides support or nourishment.
More than a mere source of Promethean sustenance to thwart the cold and cook one's meat, wood was quite simply mankind's first industrial and manufacturing fuel.
2006, Edwin Black, chapter 2, in Internal Combustion:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| sustenances | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
nonsustenance · susso · self-sustenance
Relateds
Translations (33)
la pābulum (something that provides support or nourishment) · de Verpflegung (something that provides support or nourishment) · nah itaca (something that provides support or nourishment) · is viðurværi (something that provides support or nourishment) · grc διατροφή (something that provides support or nourishment) · es sostenimiento (something that provides support or nourishment) · sh pȍtpora (something that provides support or nourishment) · cmn 维持生计 (something that provides support or nourishment) · gl mantenza (something that provides support or nourishment) · es sustento (something that provides support or nourishment) · ru пропита́ние (something that provides support or nourishment) · bg издръжка (something that provides support or nourishment) · fr fondement (something that provides support or nourishment) · mi manapou (something that provides support or nourishment) · sh pòdrška (something that provides support or nourishment) · nv yistʼé (something that provides support or nourishment) · is matur (something that provides support or nourishment) · is fæði (something that provides support or nourishment) · is næring (something that provides support or nourishment) · sh по̏тпора (something that provides support or nourishment) · es sustentamiento (something that provides support or nourishment) · bg препитание (something that provides support or nourishment) · bn রুজি (something that provides support or nourishment) · de Nahrung (something that provides support or nourishment) · fi ylläpito (something that provides support or nourishment) · bn জীবিকা (something that provides support or nourishment) · ga cothabháil (something that provides support or nourishment) · es mantenencia (something that provides support or nourishment) · sh по̀дршка (something that provides support or nourishment) · it sostentamento (something that provides support or nourishment) · bn রিজিক (something that provides support or nourishment) · tr geçim (something that provides support or nourishment) · he פַּרְנָסָה (something that provides support or nourishment)