Food

"Food" in Latin

alimentum

(any substance consumed by living organisms to sustain life)

alimentum

(foodstuff)

cibaria

(any substance consumed by living organisms to sustain life)

cibus

(any substance consumed by living organisms to sustain life)

cibus

(foodstuff)

esca

(any substance consumed by living organisms to sustain life)

esca

(foodstuff)

pulmentum

(any substance consumed by living organisms to sustain life)

pābulum

(any substance consumed by living organisms to sustain life)

pābulum

(anything intended to supply energy or nourishment of other forms)

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.