alimony

English

Etymology

Known since 1655, from Latin alimōnia (“food, support, nourishment, sustenance”) (English aliment, as in alimentary), itself from alēre (“to nourish”) + -mōnia (“action, state, condition”).

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈæ.lɪ.mə.ni/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈæ.lɪ.moʊ.ni/
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Noun

alimony (countable and uncountable, plural alimonies)

(law) A court-mandated allowance made to a former spouse by a divorced or legally separated person.
The means to support life.

Synonyms

(allowance to a former spouse): maintenance

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

a court-enforced allowance

Bulgarian: издръжка (bg) (izdrǎžka)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 贍養費 (zh), 赡养费 (zh) (shànyǎngfèi)
Czech: výživné n, alimenty (cs) m pl
Danish: hustrubidrag n
Dutch: alimentatie (nl) f, alimentatiegeld n
Esperanto: nutramono, alimento (eo)
Finnish: elatusapu (fi)
French: pension alimentaire (fr) f
Georgian: ალიმენტი (alimenṭi)
German: Unterhalt (de) m, Alimente (de) pl

Greek: επίδομα διατροφής n (epídoma diatrofís), (colloquial) διατροφή (el) f (diatrofí)
Irish: ailiúnas m
Italian: alimenti (it) m pl
Japanese: (離婚 (ja) (りこん, rikon)) 扶養料 (ふようりょう, fuyōryō)
Portuguese: pensão alimentícia f, pensão (pt) f
Romanian: pensie de întreținere (ro) f, pensie alimentară (ro) f
Spanish: pensión (es) (alimenticia (es)) f
Swedish: underhåll (sv)
Thai: ค่าอุปการะเลี้ยงดู (kâa-ùp-bpà-gaa-rá-líiang-duu)
Ukrainian: аліме́нти (uk) m pl (aliménty)

the means to support life

Dutch: onderhoud (nl) n, dagelijks brood n, levensonderhoud (nl) n
Finnish: toimeentulo (fi), elanto (fi), elatus (fi)
Greek: τροφεία (el) n pl (trofeía)

Irish: ailiúnas m
Latin: alimonia f
Russian: сре́дства к существова́нию n pl (srédstva k suščestvovániju)

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Translations to be checked

Italian: ^{(please verify)} alimenti (it)
Japanese: 別居扶助料 (bekkyo fujoryō)

Serbo-Croatian: ^{(please verify)} alimentacija f
Telugu: ^{(please verify)} మనోవర్తి (te) (manōvarti)

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