consumption

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm

Proto-Italic *kom

Proto-Italic *kom-

Latin con-

Proto-Indo-European *upó

Proto-Italic *supo

Latin sub

Latin sub-

Proto-Indo-European *h₁em-

Proto-Indo-European *-eti

Proto-Indo-European *h₁émeti

Proto-Italic *emō

Latin emō

Latin sūmō

Latin cōnsūmō

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō

Proto-Italic *-tiō

Latin -tiō

Latin cōnsūmptiōder.

Old French consumpcionbor.

Middle English consumpcioun

English consumption

From con- +‎ Latin sūmptus +‎ -ion, from Middle English consumpcioun, from Old French consumpcion, from Latin cōnsūmptiō, from cōnsūmō +‎ -tiō, from con- (“with, together”) +‎ sūmō (“take; consume”). Equivalent to consume +‎ -tion.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kənˈsʌmp.ʃən/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ʌmpʃən

Noun

consumption (usually uncountable, plural consumptions)

1. The act of eating, drinking or using.

   The consumption of snails as food is more common in France than in England.

   • 2025 August 11, Sam Jones, “Ayahuasca and toad poison seized as police raid spiritual retreats in Spain”, in The Guardian‎^[1], →ISSN:

     A Guardia Civil spokesperson said that ayahuasca, San Pedro, toad poison, wild rue and mimosa pudica were prohibited substances in Spain, adding that their consumption was not authorised because, while they were natural substances, they could be highly dangerous to human health.

2. The amount consumed.

   gross national consumption

3. The act of consuming or destroying.

   The fire's consumption of the forest caused ecological changes.

   • 1963 February, “Diesel locomotive faults and their remedies”, in Modern Railways, page 99:

     Driving methods have a direct bearing on fuel consumption with every type of motive power.

4. (pathology) The wasting away of the human body through disease.
6. (pathology, dated) Pulmonary tuberculosis and other diseases that cause wasting away, lung infection, etc.
   • 1763 June 20 (first performance), Samuel Foote, The Mayor of Garret. A Comedy, […], London: […] P[aul] Vaillant, […], published 1764, →OCLC, Act I, scene i, page 4:

     And then as to your ſcurvys, and gouts, rheumatiſms, conſumptions, coughs and catarrhs, tar-vvater and turpentine vvill make you as ſound as a roach.

   • 1811, [Jane Austen], chapter IX, in Sense and Sensibility […], volume II, London: […] C[harles] Roworth, […], and published by T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC:

     ' […] That she was, to all appearance, in the last stage of a consumption, was — yes, in such a situation it was my greatest comfort. Life could do nothing for her, beyond giving time for a better preparation for death; and that was given […] '

7. (euphemistic, dated) Alcoholism as it precipitates a person's death (especially of natural causes).

Derived terms

• anticonsumption
• autoconsumption
• coconsumption
• conspicuous consumption
• consumptional
• consumption function
• consumption good
• consumption room
• consumption weed
• cyberconsumption
• hyperconsumption
• induced consumption
• metaconsumption
• nonconsumption
• over-consumption
• overconsumption
• photoconsumption
• power consumption
• prosumption
• quick consumption
• reconsumption
• self-consumption
• specific fuel consumption
• underconsumption
• virtual consumption

Related terms

• consumer

Translations

the act of consuming something

• Arabic: اِسْتِهْلَاك (ar) m (istihlāk)
• Azerbaijani: istehlak (az)
• Bulgarian: консумиране (bg) n (konsumirane), изразходване (bg) n (izrazhodvane)
• Catalan: consum (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 消費 / 消费 (zh) (xiāofèi)

• Czech: spotřeba (cs) f, zničení n, konzumace (cs) f (of food or drink)
• Danish: forbrug n, konsum n
• Dutch: consumptie (nl) f, verbruik (nl) n
• Finnish: kuluttaminen (fi), kulutus (fi)
• French: consommation (fr)
• Galician: consumo (gl) m
• Georgian: მოხმარება (moxmareba)
• German: Konsum (de) m, Verzehr (de) m, Verbrauch (de) m, Aufnahme (de) f
• Greek: κατανάλωση (el) f (katanálosi)
• Hebrew: צריכה (he) f (tzrikha) (act of consuming goods)
• Hindi: उपभोग (hi) m (upbhog), अनुभोग (hi) m (anubhog), सेवन (hi) m (sevan)
• Hungarian: fogyasztás (hu)
• Indonesian: konsumsi (id)
• Interlingua: consumo
• Italian: consumo (it) m
• Japanese: 消費 (ja) (しょうひ, shōhi)
• Korean: 소비(消費) (ko) (sobi)
• Latin: absūmēdō f
• Macedonian: потрошувачка f (potrošuvačka)
• Malay: penggunaan, konsumsi
• Malayalam: ഉപഭോഗം (ml) (upabhōgaṁ), കഴിക്കൽ (kaḻikkal)
• Māori: whakahemonga, whakapaunga, whakapetohanga
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: forbruk n, konsum n

  Nynorsk: forbruk n, konsum n

• Occitan: consum m
• Polish: konsumpcja (pl) f
• Portuguese: consumo (pt) m
• Romanian: consum (ro) n
• Russian: потребле́ние (ru) n (potreblénije)
• Scottish Gaelic: caitheamh f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: потрошња f, конзумација f

  Latin: potrošnja (sh) f, konzumacija (sh) f

• Spanish: consumo (es) m, consunción (es) f, consumición f, consumimiento m
• Swedish: konsumtion (sv) c, åtgång (sv) c
• Tagalog: pananaid
• Thai: การบริโภค (th)
• Turkish: tüketim (tr)
• Ukrainian: спожива́ння n (spožyvánnja), ви́трата f (výtrata)

the amount consumed

• Bulgarian: консумация (bg) f (konsumacija)
• Catalan: consum (ca) m
• Czech: spotřeba (cs) f
• Dutch: consumptie (nl) f, verbruik (nl) n
• Finnish: kulutus (fi)
• French: consommation (fr) f
• Galician: consumo (gl) m
• German: Verbrauch (de) m, Verbrauchswert m, Verzehr (de) m, Konsum (de) m, Bedarf (de) f
• Greek: κατανάλωση (el) f (katanálosi)
• Italian: consumo (it) m
• Khmer: បម្រើបម្រាស់ (bom rer bom ras)
• Māori: whakapaunga, whakapetotanga
• Polish: konsumpcja (pl) f
• Portuguese: consumo (pt) m
• Romanian: consum (ro) n
• Russian: потребле́ние (ru) n (potreblénije), расхо́д (ru) m (rasxód)
• Scottish Gaelic: caitheamh f
• Spanish: consumo (es) m, consumición f
• Swedish: konsumtion (sv) c
• Tagalog: pananaid

wasting-away of the human body through disease

• Catalan: consumpció f
• Czech: úbytě (cs) f pl
• Danish: tæring c
• Dutch: wegteren (nl) n
• Finnish: riutuminen (fi)
• French: consomption (fr) f
• Galician: consunción (gl) f
• German: Auszehrung (de) f, Konsumption (de) f, Konsumtion f
• Greek: φθίση (el) f (fthísi)

  Ancient Greek: φθίσις f (phthísis)

• Italian: consunzione (it) f, deperimento (it) m
• Malayalam: ക്ഷയം (ml) (kṣayaṁ)
• Polish: konsumpcja (pl) f
• Russian: истоще́ние (ru) n (istoščénije)
• Scottish Gaelic: caitheamh f
• Spanish: consunción (es) f, consumimiento m

pulmonary tuberculosis — see pulmonary tuberculosis

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• Swedish: ^{(please verify)} förtäring (sv)
• Turkish: ^{(please verify)} yoğaltım (tr)