How is the word subsistance translated from French to English

English translation
sustenance
noun

La nourriture et la boisson nécessaires pour rester en vie.

Food and drink needed to stay alive.

Examples with “subsistance”

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  • Il leur restait peu de subsistance. — They had little sustenance left.

  • Où les alpinistes trouvent-ils leur subsistance là-haut ? — Where do the climbers find sustenance up there?

  • La subsistance était partagée à parts égales entre les membres de l'équipage. — Sustenance was shared equally among the crew.

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