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Meaning of sustenance | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
ˈsʌs.tə.nəns

Definitions

  1. Something that provides support or nourishment.
    countable, uncountable
  2. Something that provides support or nourishment

Equivalents

العربية المعيشة رزق
বাংলা জীবিকা রিজিক রুজি
Bosanski šara
Deutsch Nahrung Verpflegung
Ελληνικά διατροφή
Español mantenencia sostenimiento sustentamiento sustento victo
Suomi elatus ylläpito ylöspito
Français Fondement
Gaeilge cothabháil
Gàidhlig aran
Galego mantemento mantenza pan e porco vida
עברית פרנסה שאר
हिन्दी आजीविका रोज़ी
Hrvatski šara
Bahasa Indonesia sara
Íslenska fæði matur næring
Italiano sostentamento
한국어 유지
Kurdî sara
Latina cibus pabulum pastus sustentaculum sustentatio
Latviešu uzturs
Polski wyżywienie
Русский пропитание
Српски šara
Svenska föda
Türkçe geçim

Examples

“More than a mere source of Promethean sustenance to thwart the cold and cook one's meat, wood was quite simply mankind's first industrial and manufacturing fuel.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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See also

Sustenances sustenation sustentacle sustentacula sustentaculum sustentaculums

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