alimentation

[ al-uh-men-tey-shuhn ]

noun

1. nourishment; nutrition.
2. means of upkeep or subsistence; maintenance; support.
3. addition to the volume of a glacial mass, chiefly by the accumulation of ice, snow, or névé. Compare ablation ( def 2 ).

alimentation

/ ˌælɪmɛnˈteɪʃən /

noun

1. nourishment
2. sustenance; support

Derived Forms

• ˌaliˈmentative, adjective

Other Words From

• super·ali·men·tation noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of alimentation¹

First recorded in 1580–90; from Medieval Latin alimentātiōn- (stem of alimentātiō ); aliment, -ation

Example Sentences

I now fear nothing in the future, so far as health and disease are concerned, so much as excessive alimentation.

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This is the first proof of the importance of fatty matters for the alimentation of babes.

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They derive their food and growth from the sap of the wood or the sea, by a secret and most wonderful process of alimentation.

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Another order of ideas which one cannot pass by in silence at the present time militates in favour of vegetable alimentation.

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Many larvæ adhere to the alimentation present in the egg, as do many adult insects also.

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