🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

sostentamento

Pronunciation / Transliteration: sostentamento

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Sustenance/ˈsʌstənəns/
nounCEFR C1 (Advanced)Top #8540 frequency
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"Le piante forniscono sostentamento agli animali."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

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As noun
  1. 1

    Food and drink regarded as a source of strength; nourishment.

    "Plants provide sustenance for animals."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Late Middle English: from Old French, from medieval Latin sustentantia, from Latin sustentare 'to sustain'.

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