ravitaillement

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French[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From ravitailler +‎ -ment.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ʁa.vi.taj.mɑ̃/
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Noun[edit]

ravitaillement m (plural ravitaillements)

  1. supplies
    Synonyms: approvisionnement, provisions
    • 1955, Claude Lévi-Strauss, chapter IX, in Tristes Tropiques, Plon, published 1993, →ISBN, page 90; republished as John & Doreen Weightman, transl., Tristes Tropiques, Penguin, 2011, →ISBN:
      [...] il résussit finalement, le 12 juillet 1555, à embarquer six cents personnes sur deux navires : mélange de pionniers représentant tous les corps d’état et de criminels tirés des prisons. Il n’oubliait que les femmes et le ravitaillement.
      — [...] he finally succeeded on July 12th, 1555, in getting six hundred people on board two boats; they were a motley collection of pioneers representing all parts of the community, as well as criminals fresh from prison. He had overlooked only two items: women and supplies.

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