food in Malay
makanan
/fuːd/[fuːd]
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food in Malay: makanan. In English, food means any solid substance that can be consumed by living organisms, especially by eating, in order to sustain life.
Malay words for food
- any substance consumed by living organisms to sustain life
- makanan
English meaning of food
- noun Any solid substance that can be consumed by living organisms, especially by eating, in order to sustain life.
- noun A foodstuff, a type of food.
- noun Anything that nourishes or sustains.
- noun Any illegal substance or illegal substances, drugs.
food in a sentence
- The innkeeper brought them food and drink.
- The man's inspiring speech gave us food for thought.
- Mozart and Bach are food for my soul.
Synonyms of food
food in other languages
- food in Hindi
- food in Tamil
- food in Marathi
- food in Urdu
- food in Bengali
- food in Telugu
- food in Malayalam
- food in Kannada
- food in Punjabi
- food in Gujarati
- food in Odia
- food in Sanskrit
- food in Sinhala
- food in Assamese
- food in Nepali
- food in Pashto
- food in Tagalog
- food in Arabic
- food in Indonesian
- food in Thai
- food in Vietnamese
- food in Myanmar
Questions about food in Malay
- What is the meaning of food in Malay?
- Food in Malay is makanan.
- Apakah maksud food dalam bahasa Melayu?
- Food: makanan.
- What does food mean in English?
- Food means any solid substance that can be consumed by living organisms, especially by eating, in order to sustain life.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: food (page history and authors), its translation table and English meanings. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Malay words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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