food

Significat

1. Any solid substance that can be consumed by living organisms, especially by eating, in order to sustain life.
2. A foodstuff.
3. Anything that nourishes or sustains.
4. Any illegal substance or illegal substances, drugs.

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/fuːd/

Etimologia

From Middle English fode, foode, from Old English fōda (“food”), from Proto-West Germanic *fōdō, from Proto-Germanic *fōdô (“food”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- (“to guard, graze, feed”).
Cognate with Scots fuid (“food”), Low German föde, vöde (“food”), West Frisian fiedsel (“food”), Dutch voedsel (“food”) Danish føde (“food”), Swedish föda (“food”), Icelandic fæða, fæði (“food”), Gothic 𐍆𐍉𐌳𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 (fōdeins, “food”), Latin pānis (“bread, food”), Latin pāscō (“feed, nourish”, verb). Related to fodder, foster.

Sents

They took little food and slept at their oars .

It is sometimes found on black olives , improperly stored food grains and peanuts .