aliment
French, noun/a.li.mɑ̃/
aliment is spelled A-L-I-M-E-N-T (7 letters) and appears 3.7 times per million words in written French, the 13,759th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Aliment is a French masculine noun meaning “food” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ce qui se mange et sert à entretenir la vie”.
What does aliment mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefood
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ce qui se mange et sert à entretenir la vie. 2. Action de nourrir. 3. Ce qui entretient quelque chose.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of aliment
- aliments plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce aliment?
- /a.li.mɑ̃/
- \a.li.mɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to aliment
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is aliment in French?
aliment appears 3.7 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).