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subsistence
English
Etymology
From Late Latin subsistentia (“substance, reality, in Medieval Latin also stability”), from Latin subsistens, present participle of subsistere (“to continue, subsist”). See subsist.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /s?b?s?st?ns/
Noun
subsistence (countable and uncountable, plural subsistences)
- Real being; existence.
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- Not only the things had subsistence, but the very images were of some creatures existing.
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- The act of maintaining oneself at a minimum level.
- Inherency.
- Something (food, water, money, etc.) that is required to stay alive.
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- His viceroy could only propose to himself a comfortable subsistence out of the plunder of his province.
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- (theology) Embodiment or personification or hypostasis of an underlying principle or quality.
Synonyms
- (real being): See also Thesaurus:existence
- (something required to stay alive): sustenance
- (theology): hypostasis
Related terms
- subsist
- subsistent
- subsistence economy
Translations
Further reading
- subsistence in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- subsistence in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
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aliment
English
Etymology
From French aliment, from Latin alimentum (“food”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?a.l?.m?nt/
Noun
aliment (countable and uncountable, plural aliments)
- (now rare) Food.
- (figuratively) Nourishment, sustenance.
- 1597, Francis Bacon, Of the Colours of Good and Evil
- aliments of their sloth and weakness
- 1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia, Faber & Faber 1992 (Avignon Quintet), p. 356:
- All this monotony might be a good aliment for a poet but what if one had no gifts?
- 1597, Francis Bacon, Of the Colours of Good and Evil
- (Scotland) An allowance for maintenance; alimony.
Verb
aliment (third-person singular simple present aliments, present participle alimenting, simple past and past participle alimented)
- (obsolete) To feed, nourish.
- To sustain, support.
- 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 434:
- Yet there would also be many – and not simply the powerful and ultra-privileged – who lost out, and whose discontent operated as a kind of political yeast, alimenting ‘unpatriotic’ thoughts and acts.
- 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 434:
Related terms
- alimentary
- alimentary canal
- alimony
- alimental
- alimentous
Anagrams
- ailment, maltine, netmail
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin alimentum.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /?.li?ment/
- (Central) IPA(key): /?.li?men/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /a.li?ment/
Noun
aliment m (plural aliments)
- (piece of) food
Derived terms
- alimentar
See also
- menjar
Further reading
- “aliment” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “aliment” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “aliment” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “aliment” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French
Etymology
From Latin alimentum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.li.m??/
Noun
aliment m (plural aliments)
- food
- 1755, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Discours sur l’origine et les fondements de l’inégalité parmi les hommes
- C’est ainsi qu’un pigeon mourrait de faim près d’un bassin rempli des meilleures viandes, et un chat sur des tas de fruits, ou de grain, quoique l’un et l’autre pût très bien se nourrir de l’aliment qu’il dédaigne, s’il s’était avisé d’en essayer.
- Thus a pigeon would be starved to death by the side of a dish of the choicest meats, and a cat on a heap of fruit or grain; though it is certain that either might find nourishment in the foods which it thus rejects with disdain, did it think of trying them.
- C’est ainsi qu’un pigeon mourrait de faim près d’un bassin rempli des meilleures viandes, et un chat sur des tas de fruits, ou de grain, quoique l’un et l’autre pût très bien se nourrir de l’aliment qu’il dédaigne, s’il s’était avisé d’en essayer.
- 1755, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Discours sur l’origine et les fondements de l’inégalité parmi les hommes
Related terms
- alimentation
Descendants
- ? Romanian: aliment
Further reading
- “aliment” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- mailent
Middle French
Noun
aliment m (plural alimens)
- item of food
Occitan
Etymology
From Latin alimentum.
Pronunciation
Noun
aliment m (plural aliments)
- item of food
Related terms
- alimentar
- alimentari
Romanian
Etymology
From French aliment, from Latin alimentum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.li?ment/
Noun
aliment n (plural alimente)
- food (any substance consumed by living organisms to sustain life)
Declension
Synonyms
- mâncare
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