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Dutch
Etymology
First attested in 1691. From mond (“mouth”) + voorraad (“supply”), calque of German Mundvorrat.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɔnt.foːˈraːt/, /ˈmɔntˌfoː.raːt/
- Hyphenation: mond‧voor‧raad
Noun
mondvoorraad f (plural mondvoorraden, diminutive mondvoorraadje n)
- food provisions, in particular when travelling
- 1691, E.V., Europische Mercurius, vol. 2, part 2, pr. by Timotheus ten Hoorn, page 25.
[…] mitsgaders den tyd gehad om in de gemelde Frontierplaatſen een vervaarlijke menigte van allerhande Krygs- en Mondvoorraad te vergaderen, en ’er wakkere Magazynen van Voerazie te maaken, welke door de nabyheid gemakkelijk in hun Leger gebracht wierd.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)