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Food
English
Pronunciation
Noun
food (uncountable and countable)
- (literal; uncountable) Things that can be eaten, especially by human beings.
- The innkeeper brought them food and drink.
- (figurative; uncountable) Things intended to supply energy or nourishment of other forms.
- That is food for thought.
- (countable) A foodstuff .
- This shop stocks many hundreds of different foods.
Usage note
- Although the literal definition may include liquids that are consumed with a spoon, these are referred to as drink when consumed out of a vessel that is raised to the mouth for consumption.
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Translations
- Breton: (1): boued m -où pl
- Catalan: (1): menjar m, aliment m
- Chinese: 食物
- Danish: (1): mad c
- Dutch: (1): voedsel n, eten n
- Esperanto: (1): manĝaĵo
- Fijian: (1): kakana
- Finnish: (1): ruoka
- French: (1): nourriture f, alimentation f, denrée alimentaire f
- Frisian: (1): fiedsel
- German: (1): Nahrung f, Essen n
- Guarani (1): embi'u (t-)
- Hebrew: (1): אכל ,מזון
- Hindi: खाना
- Ido: manjajo , nutrivo
- Indonesian: (1): makanan, pangan (scientific term)
- Interlingua: (1): alimento
- Italian: (1): cibo m
- Japanese: (1): 食べ物 (たべもの, tabemono), 食物 (しょくもつ, shokumotsu) / 食料 (しょくりょう, shokuryō) (scientific term)
- Latvian: pārtika f (1), ēdiens m (1), pārtikas prece f (3), pārtikas produkts m (3)
- Nepali: खाना
- Norwegian: mat m
- Persian: غذا (ghaza)
- Polish: (1): jedzenie n, pożywienie n
- Portuguese: (1): comida f, alimento m
- Romanian: (1): aliment n, mâncare f, hrană f
- Romanica: (1): alimento m
- Russian: еда f, корм m
- Slovak: (1): jedlo n, strava f
- Slovene: hrana f
- Spanish: (1): alimento m, comida f
- Swedish: mat, föda
- Tupinambá: (1): emi'u (t-)
- Urdu: کھانا
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