Aliment Definition: Nourishment, Examples, and Usage

Meaning 1：nourishment (aliment)

aliment 🔊

/ˈælɪmənt/

Something you eat or drink that gives your body energy and helps it grow, like fuel for your body.

nourishment 🔊

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/ˈnɜːrɪʃmənt/

Nourishment refers to the substances that provide the necessary nutrients for growth, health, and energy.

📁 Category：Diet & Health 🔖 Level：Intermediate

📘 Details & Usage

📖 Root Explanation

From Latin 'alimentum' ('food') from 'alere' (to nourish) + '-ment'.

💡 Mnemonic

Aliment = 'A-lime-ment' — imagine eating a lime for nourishment to boost your immune system.

📖 Example

The mountaineers packed high-energy aliments like nuts and dried fruit for their long trek. 🔊 The mountaineers packed high-energy aliments like nuts and dried fruit for their long trek.

🔗 Collocations

balanced aliment – a diet that provides all essential nutrients in proper proportions

aliment for growth – food or nourishment specifically needed for physical development

mental aliment – something that nourishes the mind, such as knowledge or ideas

🔄 Synonyms

food (n.) – any substance consumed to provide nutritional support

nourishment (n.) – the act or process of providing or receiving food for health and growth

nutrient (n.) – a substance that provides nourishment essential for life and growth

🚫 Antonyms

starvation (n.) – suffering or death caused by lack of food

poison (n.) – a substance that causes harm or death when ingested

toxin (n.) – a poisonous substance produced by living organisms

🌱 Derivatives

alimentary (adj.) – relating to food or nourishment

alimentation (n.) – the process of providing or obtaining nourishment

📖 Cultural Story

Aliment entered English via Old French from Latin 'alimentum'. Its root 'alere' also gives 'alma mater' (nourishing mother). Used in law for 'maintenance'.