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10 Language-to-English Dictionariessustento
Pronunciation / Transliteration: sustento
"Las plantas proporcionan sustento a los animales."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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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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10 Global Lexicons: How "Sustenance" is said worldwide
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subsistance
Transliteration: subsistance
"Les plantes fournissent la subsistance aux animaux."
Nahrung
Transliteration: Nahrung
"Pflanzen bieten Nahrung für Tiere."
sostentamento
Transliteration: sostentamento
"Le piante forniscono sostentamento agli animali."
sustento
Transliteration: sustento
"Las plantas proporcionan sustento a los animales."
sustento
Transliteration: sustento
"As plantas fornecem sustento para os animais."
भरण-पोषण
Transliteration: bharan-poshan
"पौधे जानवरों को भरण-पोषण प्रदान करते हैं।"
生计
Transliteration: shēngjì
"植物为动物提供养分。"
자양물
Transliteration: zayangmul
"식물은 동물에게 생존에 필요한 영양분을 제공한다."
生命維持
Transliteration: seimei iji
"植物は動物に生命維持のための栄養を与えます。"
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