alimentary

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/ˌælɪˈmɛnt(ə)ɹi/

adjective

Of, or relating to food, nutrition or digestion.

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alimentalnourishingnutrientnutritiousnutritivewholesome
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Meanings

adjectivealimentary (comparative more alimentary, superlative most alimentary)

comparative more alimentary · superlative most alimentary

  1. Of, or relating to food, nutrition or digestion.

    Like Malthus and Young, [Ricardo] could not imagine that humankind would ever be totally freed from the alimentary imperative.

    2014, Thomas Piketty, Capital in the Twenty-First Century, →ISBN, page 6
  2. Nourishing; nutritious.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveof or providing nourishment

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alimentalnourishingnutrientnutritiousnutritivewholesome
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alimentalnourishingnutrientnutritiousnutritivewholesome

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From aliment (“food”) + -ary.

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Translations

Bulgarian храни́телен, пита́телен
  • храни́телен (hranítelen)relating to food or nutrition
  • пита́телен (pitátelen)nourishing; nutritious
Catalan alimentari
  • alimentarirelating to food or nutrition
Czech alimentární
  • alimentárnírelating to food or nutrition
Finnish ravinto-, alimentaarinen
  • ravinto-relating to food or nutrition
  • alimentaarinenrelating to food or nutrition
  • ravitsevanourishing; nutritious
French alimentaire
  • alimentairerelating to food or nutrition
Italian alimentare
  • alimentarerelating to food or nutrition
Portuguese alimentar, alimentício
  • alimentarrelating to food or nutrition
  • alimentíciorelating to food or nutrition
Romanian alimentar
  • alimentarrelating to food or nutrition
Russian пищевой, питательный
  • пищевой (piščevoj)relating to food or nutrition
  • питательный (pitatelʹnyj)nourishing; nutritious
Spanish alimenticio, alimentario
  • alimenticiorelating to food or nutrition
  • alimentariorelating to food or nutrition
Swedish alimentär
  • alimentärrelating to food or nutrition
Cite this entry
APA

alimentary. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alimentary

MLA

“alimentary.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alimentary. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “alimentary,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alimentary.

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