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maintenance
English
Etymology
From Middle English mayntenaunce, from Old French maintenance, from maintenir, from Latin manus ten?re (“to hold in the hand”). Surface analysis is maintain +? -ance.
Note that maintain has undergone a sound and spelling change, hence is spelt with -tain-, rather than the -ten- still found in maintenance.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?me?nt(?)n?ns/, /?me?nt?n?ns/
Noun
maintenance (usually uncountable, plural maintenances)
- Actions performed to keep some machine or system functioning or in service.
- (law) A tort committed when a third party who does not have a bona fide interest in a lawsuit provides help or acquires an interest to a litigant's lawsuit.
- (law, Britain) Alimony, a periodical payment or a lump sum made or ordered to be made to a spouse after a divorce.
- (law) Child support.
- Money required or spent to provide for the needs of a person or a family.
- (biology) The natural process which keeps an organism alive.
Derived terms
Related terms
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Further reading
- maintenance in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- maintenance in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- maintenance at OneLook Dictionary Search
French
Etymology
maintenir (“to maintain”) +? -ance.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /m??t.n??s/
- Rhymes: -??s
Noun
maintenance f (plural maintenances)
- maintenance
Further reading
- “maintenance” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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nutriment
English
Noun
nutriment (plural nutriments)
- A source of nourishment; food.
- Something that promotes growth or development; a nutrient.
See also
- nutrient
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin n?tr?mentum. Related to nourrir.
Noun
nutriment m (plural nutriments)
- nutrient (something providing nourishment)
Further reading
- “nutriment” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Romanian
Etymology
From French nutriment
Noun
nutriment n (plural nutrimente)
- nutrient
Declension
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