- (sometimes singular) food or provisions
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
vict•uals /ˈvɪtlz/USA pronunciation
n. [plural]
- food supplies;
food and drink;
provisions.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
victuals /ˈvɪtəlz/ pl n
vict•ual
(vit′l),USA pronunciation n., v., -ualed, -ual•ing or (esp. Brit.) -ualled, -ual•ling.
n.
v.t.
v.i.
vict′ual•less, adj.
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.
- 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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