alimentación

See also: alimentacion

Asturian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alimentaˈθjon/, [a.li.mẽn̪.t̪aˈθjõŋ]
• Rhymes: -on
• Hyphenation: a‧li‧men‧ta‧ción

Noun

alimentación f (plural alimentaciones)

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Galician

Alternative forms

• alimentaçom, alimentação (reintegrationist)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /alimentaˈθjoŋ/ [a.li.mẽn̪.t̪aˈθjoŋ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /alimentaˈθjoŋ/ [a.li.mẽn̪.t̪aˈθjoŋ]
• IPA^(key): (seseo) /alimentaˈsjoŋ/ [a.li.mẽn̪.t̪aˈsjoŋ]

 

• IPA^(key): /alimɛntaˈθjoŋ/ [a.li.mɛ̃n̪.t̪aˈθjoŋ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /alimɛntaˈθjoŋ/ [a.li.mɛ̃n̪.t̪aˈθjoŋ]
• IPA^(key): (seseo) /alimɛntaˈsjoŋ/ [a.li.mɛ̃n̪.t̪aˈsjoŋ]

• Rhymes: -oŋ
• Hyphenation: a‧li‧men‧ta‧ción

Noun

alimentación f (plural alimentacións)

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Further reading

• “alimentación”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

Spanish

Etymology

From alimentar (“to feed”) +‎ -ción. Cognate with Occitan alimentacion and English alimentation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /alimentaˈθjon/ [a.li.mẽn̪.t̪aˈθjõn]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /alimentaˈsjon/ [a.li.mẽn̪.t̪aˈsjõn]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: a‧li‧men‧ta‧ción

Noun

alimentación f (plural alimentaciones)

1. feeding (an instance of giving food)
2. feeding (an instance of eating)
3. food; diet; eating (the food and beverage a person or animal consumes)
4. nourishment
5. supply, input, power (of a resource into a mechanical process)

Derived terms

• agroalimentación
• autoalimentación
• bomba de alimentación
• sistema de alimentación ininterrumpida
• sobrealimentación

 

Related terms

• alimentario
• alimenticio

 

Further reading

• “alimentación”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28