alimentation
French, noun/a.li.mɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃/
alimentation is spelled A-L-I-M-E-N-T-A-T-I-O-N (12 letters) and appears 26 times per million words in written French, the 2,990th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Alimentation is a French feminine noun meaning “feeding” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action d’alimenter ou de s’alimenter”.
What does alimentation mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefeeding
- 2
femininefood
- 3
femininepower supply
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action d’alimenter ou de s’alimenter. 2. Magasin d'aliments. 3. Domaine de tout ce qui se rapporte à l’apport de nourriture permettant à un organisme vivant de fonctionner. 4. Système secondaire, qui assure l’apport d’éléments de base et d’énergie à un système principal qui dépend du premier pour son fonctionnement.
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 alimentation
- alimentations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce alimentation?
- /a.li.mɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃/
- \a.li.mɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to alimentation
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is alimentation in French?
alimentation appears 26 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).