食物

Japanese

Kanji in this term
食	物

Etymology 1

From Sinitic 食物. Possible alteration from strict goon reading jikimotsu, changing goon jiki for kan'on butsu.

Pronunciation

• On'yomi.
• IPA: /ɕokumotsu/

Noun

食物 (hiragana しょくもつ, romaji shokumotsu)

1. Food, foodstuff.
2. Broadly, food and drink.

Synonyms

• 食品 (しょくひん, shokuhin)
• 食べ物 (たべもの, tabemono)

Derived terms

• 食物繊維 (しょくもつせんい, shokumotsu sen'i): Dietary fiber.
• 食物連鎖 (しょくもつれんさ, shokumotsu rensa): A food chain.

Etymology 2

From Chinese 食物. Possible original reading.

Pronunciation

• Goon.
• IPA: /dʑikimotsu/

Noun

食物 (hiragana じきもつ, romaji jikimotsu)

1. (rare) Food, foodstuff.

Usage notes

The shokumotsu reading is more common.

Etymology 3

From Chinese 食物. Possible reborrowing, or change influenced by later contact with China after borrowing of earlier goon reading jikimotsu.

Pronunciation

• Kan'on.
• IPA: /ɕokubutsu/

Noun

食物 (hiragana しょくぶつ, romaji shokubutsu)

1. (rare) Food, foodstuff.

Usage notes

The shokumotsu reading is more common.

Etymology 4

Compound of 食べ (tabe, “stem noun form of verb 食べる (taberu, “to eat”): eating”) +‎ 物 (mono, “thing”).

For disambiguation, this is more commonly written with the okurigana べ in the middle as 食べ物.

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi.
• IPA: /tabemono/

Noun

食物 (hiragana たべもの, romaji tabemono)

1. 食べ物: Food in general; a specific food; one's diet. See 食べ物 for more detail.

Etymology 5

Compound of 食い (kui, “stem noun form of informal verb 食う (kuu, “to eat”): eating”) +‎ 物 (mono, “thing”).

For disambiguation, this is more commonly written with the okurigana い in the middle as 食い物.

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi.
• IPA: /kuimono/

Noun

食物 (hiragana くいもの, romaji kuimono)

1. 食い物: Food; a sexual partner; a patsy, someone tricked into being used for someone else's gain. See 食い物 for more detail.

Verb

食物 + する (irregular conjugation, hiragana くいものする, romaji kuimono suru)食物する 食物 suru

1. 食い物: To cook, to prepare food. See 食い物 for more detail.

Etymology 6

Compound of 食らい (kurai, “stem noun form of informal verb 食らう (kurau, “to eat, to drink”): eating, drinking”) +‎ 物 (mono, “thing”).

For disambiguation, this is more commonly written with the okurigana らい in the middle as 食らい物.

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi.
• IPA: /kuraimono/

Noun

食物 (hiragana くらいもの, romaji kuraimono)

1. 食らい物: Food and beverage.

Etymology 7

Compound of 食み (hami, “stem noun form of verb 食む (hamu, “to eat; to suck down; to incur a loss”): eating”) +‎ 物 (mono, “thing”).

For disambiguation, this is written with the okurigana み in the middle as 食み物.

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi.
• IPA: /hamimono/

Noun

食物 (hiragana はみもの, romaji hamimono)

1. 食み物: Food. More specifically, fodder or feed for animals.

Etymology 8

Compound of 食し (oshi, “stem noun form of honorific verb 食す (osu, “to eat, to drink”): eating, drinking”) +‎ 物 (mono, “thing”).

For disambiguation, this is written with the okurigana し in the middle as 食し物.

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi.
• IPA: /oshimono/

Noun

食物 (hiragana おしもの, romaji oshimono)

1. 食し物: (rare) Food and beverage.

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Mandarin

simpl. and trad.
食物

Pronunciation

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Noun

食物 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin shíwù)

1. food

Synonyms

• shíliào 食料
• shípǐn 食品

Derived terms

• shíwù zhòngdú 食物中毒