alimentary
/ˌælɪˈmɛnt(ə)ɹi/
alimentary adjective: of, or relating to food, nutrition or digestion.
Adjective
alimentary (comparative more alimentary, superlative most alimentary)
- 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
- Nourishing; nutritious.
alimentary meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Kannada
alimentary in Tamil
- உணவுப்பாத உறுப்புகள், ஊண், செரிமான உளப்புகள், ஊட்டமளிக்கிற, உணவூட்டம்சார்ந்த, வாழ்க்கை ஆதாரம் வழங்குகிற
alimentary in Urdu
- خوراک سے مُتعلِق, غذا سے مُتعلِّق, نظام ہاضمہ سے متعلق
alimentary in Bengali
- পুষ্টিকর
alimentary in Kannada
- ತಿನಿಸಿನ, ಪೋಷಕ, ಪೌಷ್ಟಿಕ, ಅನ್ನದ, ಉಣಿಸಿದ, ಆರಯ್ಕೆಯ
Forms of alimentary
| comparative | more alimentary |
|---|---|
| superlative | most alimentary |
Origin of alimentary
From aliment (“food”) + -ary.
Words formed from alimentary
Phrases with alimentary
Questions about alimentary
- What does alimentary mean?
- Alimentary means of, or relating to food, nutrition or digestion.
- What is alimentary in Tamil?
- Alimentary in Tamil is உணவுப்பாத உறுப்புகள், ஊண், செரிமான உளப்புகள். See Alimentary meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is alimentary?
- Alimentary is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce alimentary?
- Alimentary is pronounced /ˌælɪˈmɛnt(ə)ɹi/.
Words near alimentary in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: alimentary (page history and authors); alimentary (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); alimentary (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); alimentary (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); alimentary (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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