Alimony

//ˈæl.ə.moʊ.ni//

Synonyms for "alimony" (43 found)

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Translations

58 translations across 32 languages.

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Arabic

1 entries
  • نَفَقَة noun (a court-enforced allowance)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • издръжка noun (a court-enforced allowance)

Catalan

1 entries
  • pensió noun (a court-enforced allowance)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 贍養費 /赡养费 noun (a court-enforced allowance)

Czech

2 entries
  • alimenty noun (a court-enforced allowance)
  • výživné noun (a court-enforced allowance)

Danish

1 entries
  • hustrubidrag noun (a court-enforced allowance)

Dutch

4 entries
  • alimentatie noun (a court-enforced allowance)
  • alimentatiegeld noun (a court-enforced allowance)
  • dagelijks brood noun (the means to support life)
  • levensonderhoud noun (the means to support life)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • alimento noun (a court-enforced allowance)
  • nutramono noun (a court-enforced allowance)

Finnish

4 entries
  • elanto noun (the means to support life)
  • elatus noun (the means to support life)
  • elatusapu noun (a court-enforced allowance)
  • toimeentulo noun (the means to support life)

French

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  • pension alimentaire noun (a court-enforced allowance)

Georgian

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  • ალიმენტი noun (a court-enforced allowance)

German

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  • Alimente noun (a court-enforced allowance)
  • Unterhalt noun (a court-enforced allowance)

Greek

3 entries
  • διατροφή noun (a court-enforced allowance)
  • επίδομα διατροφής noun (a court-enforced allowance)
  • τροφεία noun (the means to support life)

Hebrew

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  • מְזוֹנוֹת noun (a court-enforced allowance)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • asszonytartás noun (a court-enforced allowance)
  • eltartás noun (a court-enforced allowance)
  • feleségtartás noun (a court-enforced allowance)
  • házastárstartás noun (a court-enforced allowance)

Irish

2 entries
  • ailiúnas noun (a court-enforced allowance)
  • ailiúnas noun (the means to support life)

Italian

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  • alimenti noun (a court-enforced allowance)

Japanese

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  • 扶養料 noun (a court-enforced allowance)

Latin

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  • alimonia noun (the means to support life)

Lower Sorbian

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  • alimenty noun (a court-enforced allowance)

Manx

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  • argid scarrey poosee noun (a court-enforced allowance)

Persian

3 entries
  • باروزه noun (a court-enforced allowance)
  • خرجی noun (a court-enforced allowance)
  • نفقه noun (a court-enforced allowance)

Polish

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  • alimenty noun (a court-enforced allowance)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • pensão noun (a court-enforced allowance)
  • pensão alimentícia noun (a court-enforced allowance)

Romanian

2 entries
  • pensie alimentară noun (a court-enforced allowance)
  • pensie de întreținere noun (a court-enforced allowance)

Russian

2 entries
  • алименты noun (a court-enforced allowance)
  • сре́дства к существова́нию noun (the means to support life)

Spanish

4 entries
  • alimentos noun (a court-enforced allowance)
  • mantención noun (a court-enforced allowance)
  • manutención noun (a court-enforced allowance)
  • pensión alimenticia noun (a court-enforced allowance)

Swedish

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  • underhåll noun (a court-enforced allowance)

Thai

1 entries
  • ค่าอุปการะเลี้ยงดู noun (a court-enforced allowance)

Turkish

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  • nafaka noun (a court-enforced allowance)

Ukrainian

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  • аліме́нти noun (a court-enforced allowance)

Welsh

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  • alimoni noun (a court-enforced allowance)

Sample sentences

16 total sentences available.

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"Is there any reason I need to be in the delivery room when my wife is giving birth?" "Only if the word 'alimony' means anything to you."

Source: tatoeba (2883704)

She only wants alimony. In every other respect, I mean nothing to her.

Source: tatoeba (2917332)

Tom said he was three months behind on alimony.

Source: tatoeba (3730045)

Tom said that he was three months behind on alimony.

Source: tatoeba (6651586)

Showing 4 of 16 available sentences.

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