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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024vict•uals /ˈvɪtlz/USA pronunciation n. [plural]- food supplies;
food and drink;
provisions.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: victuals /ˈvɪtəlz/ pl n - (sometimes singular) food or provisions
vict•ual (vit′l),USA pronunciation n., v., -ualed, -ual•ing or (esp. Brit.) -ualled, -ual•ling. n. - victuals, food supplies;
provisions. - food or provisions for human beings.
v.t. - to supply with victuals.
v.i. - to take or obtain victuals.
- [Archaic.]to eat or feed.
Also, vittle. - Latin
- Late Latin victuālia provisions, noun, nominal use of neuter plural of Latin victuālis pertaining to food, equivalent. to victu(s) nourishment, way of living (vic-, variant stem of vīvere to live + -tus suffix of verb, verbal action) + -ālis -al1; modern spelling, spelled
- Anglo-French, Middle French vitail(l)e, Old French vituaille
- Middle English vitaille 1275–1325
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