alimenter
French
verb
Definitions
- to feed, to give food to
- to supply, to fund
- (figurative) to fuel (e.g. an argument)
- (reflexive) to eat, to feed
Etymology
Suffix from French aliment.
Origin
French
aliment
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- aliment English
- alimentum Latin
- aliment French
- alimentaire French
- alimentation French
- réalimenter French
- sous-alimenter French
- suralimentation French
- suralimenter French