# alimento
## Asturian
### Verb

alimento
* first-person singular present indicative of alimentar

## Catalan
### Verb

alimento
* first-person singular present indicative of alimentar

## Esperanto
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [aliˈmento]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ento
* Hyphenation: a‧li‧men‧to

### Noun

alimento (accusative singular alimenton, plural alimentoj, accusative plural alimentojn)
* (law) maintenance; alimony; child support
    Synonym: nutramono

## Galician
### Verb

alimento
* first-person singular present indicative of alimentar

## Ido
### Etymology

From alimentar +‎ -o.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aliˈmento/

### Noun

alimento (plural alimenti)
* alimentation

### Further reading

* alimento in Ido-English Dictionary by L. H. Dyer, 1924

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /a.liˈmen.to/
* Rhymes: -ento
* Hyphenation: a‧li‧mén‧to

### Etymology 1

From Latin alimentum.

#### Noun

alimento m (plural alimenti)
* food, nourishment
    Synonym: cibo
* (in the plural) alimony, maintenance

##### Related terms

* alimentare
* alimentazione

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

alimento
* first-person singular present indicative of alimentare

### Further reading

* alimento in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
* alimento in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
* alimento in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
* alimento in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
* alimento in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
* alimento in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

### Anagrams

* lamentio, limonate, metanoli, metilano, monetali, omentali, telamoni

## Ladino
### Etymology 1

Cognate with English aliment.

#### Noun

alimento m (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling אלימינטו)
* foodstuff (food)
    Synonyms: komer, komida
** 2002, Gad Nassi, editor, En Tierras Ajenas Yo Me Vo Murir: Tekstos Kontemporanos en Djudeo-espaniol : Leyenda de Una Lingua - Haketia - Kuentos. Memorias - Meliselda - Oki Oki‎, Isis, →ISBN, page 490:En efekto, antes de Pesah las kazas fueron alimpiadas para kitar todo el hamets i vaziadas de todas las rezervas de alimentos komo arina, aroz, avikas, garvansos, etc…Indeed, before Passover houses were cleansed for the ridding of chamets and emptied of all food reserves such as flour, rice, white beans, chickpeas, and so on…

##### Derived terms

* alimentar
* alimentasión
* alimentozo

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

alimento
* first-person singular present indicative of alimentar

### References

* ↑ “alimento”, in Trezoro de la Lengua Djudeoespanyola.

## Latin
### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /a.liˈmen.toː/, [älʲɪˈmɛn̪t̪oː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /a.liˈmen.to/, [äliˈmɛn̪t̪o]

### Etymology 1
#### Noun

alimentō
* dative/ablative singular of alimentum

### Etymology 2

From alimentum +‎ -ō.

#### Verb

alimentō (present infinitive alimentāre, perfect active alimentāvī, supine alimentātum); first conjugation
* (Medieval Latin) to nourish, feed
    Synonym: alō

##### Derived terms

* alimentātiō

## Neapolitan
### Noun

alimento ? (plural [please provide])
* element

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /a.liˈmẽ.tu/
* (Brazil) IPA: /a.liˈmẽ.tu/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /a.liˈmẽ.to/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐ.liˈmẽ.tu/
* Hyphenation: a‧li‧men‧to

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin alimentum.

#### Noun

alimento m (plural alimentos)
* food (any substance consumed by living organisms to sustain life), foodstuff
    Synonym: comida

##### Related terms

* alimentação
* alimentado
* alimentar
* alimentício

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

alimento
* first-person singular present indicative of alimentar

### Further reading

* “alimento”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
* “alimento”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
* “alimento” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
* “alimento”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “alimento”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “alimento”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aliˈmento/ [a.liˈmẽn̪.t̪o]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -ento
* Syllabification: a‧li‧men‧to

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin alimentum. Cognate with English aliment.

#### Noun

alimento m (plural alimentos)
* (slightly formal) food (solid substance that can be consumed)
    Synonyms: comida, comer
* nourishment
* (in the plural) alimony, maintenance
    Synonym: pensión

##### Derived terms

* alimentar
* alimenticio
* alimentoso
* banco de alimentos
* frutos por alimentos
* procesador de alimentos (“food processor”)

##### Related terms

* alimentario

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

alimento
* first-person singular present indicative of alimentar

### Further reading

* “alimento”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10