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aliment
food item, foodstuff /aliˈment/
noun#3672 most common
Also: nourishment, provision
Example sentences
Pâinea este un aliment de bază.
Bread is a basic food.
Cumpăr alimente de la piață în fiecare sâmbătă.
I buy food from the market every Saturday.
Acest aliment conține multe vitamine.
This food contains a lot of vitamins.
Trebuie să citim eticheta fiecărui aliment înainte să-l cumpărăm.
We need to read the label of every food item before we buy it.
Alimentele procesate conțin adesea prea mult zahăr și sare.
Processed foods often contain too much sugar and salt.
Autoritățile sanitare au retras de pe piață alimentul contaminat cu bacterii.
The health authorities pulled the bacteria-contaminated food item from the market.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | alimentul | alimentele |
| Genitive | alimentului | alimentelor |
| Accusative | alimentul | alimentele |
| Vocative | aliment | alimente |
Word family
alimentato feed, to supply (also power/energy)
alimentarfood-related, alimentaryalimentațienutrition, diet
alimentatorpower supply, feeder device
magazin alimentargrocery store
Etymology
Romanian borrowed "aliment" from French "aliment" in the 19th century, during the wave of French and Latin borrowings that modernized Romanian vocabulary. The French word descends from Latin "alimentum", meaning nourishment or food, built from the verb "alere", to nourish or feed. The word entered Romanian as part of technical and administrative language, so it kept a more formal tone than everyday words for food.
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