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viand en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈvaɪ.ənd/
• /ˈviː.jɐn̪d̪/ (Philippines)
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Etymology

From Middle English vyaund, from Anglo-Norman and Old French viande, from Late Latin *vivanda, from Latin vīvenda, from the verb vīvō (“to live”). Compare victual, viando. The Philippines usage is an anglicization of Spanish vianda (which is ultimately from Latin via French), which is used to translate ulam in Tagalog. See also usage notes.

Meanings

1. (archaic) An item of food.
   • There was a time, when all the bodies members / Rebell'd againſt the Belly; thus accus'd it: / That onely like a Gulfe it did remaine / I'th midd'ſt a th'body, idle and vnactiue, / Still cubbording the Viand, neuer bearing / Like labour with the reſt, where th'other Inſtruments / Did ſee, and heare, deuiſe, inſtruct, walke, feele, / And mutually participate, did miniſter / Vnto the appetite; […] 1613, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies, London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, act I, scene i, pages 1–2:
2. (archaic) A choice dish.
   • [H]is heart swelled within him, as he sat at the head of his own table, on the occasion of the house-warming, dispensing with no niggard hand the gratuitous viands and unlimited beer, which were at once to symbolise and inaugurate the hospitality of his mansion. 1852, Chambers' Edinburgh Journal, William and Robert Chambers:
   • They are said to celebrate there every returning spring a great nocturnal festival. On the sod at its brink is spread a table-cloth white as the driven snow, covered with the most delicious viands. 1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 432:
   • The Motier and Lepelletier tables still groan with viands; roofs ringing with patriotic toasts. 1837, Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution: A History […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC, (please specify the book or page number):
3. (Philippines) rice topping; any food eaten with rice as a part of a main course meal.

Forms

Deriveds

viander

Relateds

à la carte

Synonyms

delicacy

Translations (43)

gl vianda (a choice dish) · lbk igop (food eaten with rice) · id lauk (food eaten with rice) · war sud-an (food eaten with rice) · bcl panira (food eaten with rice) · pam asan (food eaten with rice) · war sura (food eaten with rice) · pag sira (food eaten with rice) · ceb sud-an (food eaten with rice) · ivv ican (food eaten with rice) · ceb suwa (food eaten with rice) · kne sida (food eaten with rice) · tl ulam (food eaten with rice) · ibg ikan (food eaten with rice) · ifb idchah (food eaten with rice) · tsg lamay (food eaten with rice) · knb tipoy (food eaten with rice) · cbk vianda (food eaten with rice) · bno suya (food eaten with rice) · bvy suya (food eaten with rice) · es vianda (a choice dish) · bto is'ura (food eaten with rice) · kne sibu (food eaten with rice) · jv iwak (food eaten with rice) · xsb kuna (food eaten with rice) · msb sura (food eaten with rice) · ru я́ство (a choice dish) · kne pangan (food eaten with rice) · gl vianda (an item of food) · ru блю́до (an item of food) · pl artykuł żywnościowy (an item of food) · pl danie z ryżem (food eaten with rice) · isd limpa (food eaten with rice) · ibg iyyikan (food eaten with rice) · pl potrawa (a choice dish) · pt vianda (an item of food) · kyk utan (food eaten with rice) · hil sud-an (food eaten with rice) · akl suea (food eaten with rice) · ilo sida (food eaten with rice) · bcl isira (food eaten with rice) · cbk potaje (food eaten with rice) · krj dapli (food eaten with rice)