vivres
Meanings
Noun
1. food supplies, provisions (plural only)
Examples4
La Croix-Rouge distribua des vivres aux réfugiés.
The Red Cross distributed food to the refugees.
Nous avons épuisé nos vivres.
We've run out of food.
La forteresse n'ayant plus de vivres, les défenseurs durent abdiquer.
The fortress being out of supplies, its protectors had to give up.
Les sauveteurs vont distribuer des vivres aux victimes du tremblement de terre.
The rescue workers are going to hand out supplies to the victims of the earthquake.