"Δεν έχουμε τροφή."

[SandraLoutre]

What is the difference between φαγητό and τροφή?
It seems they both mean food, so I'm wondering in which context each of them should be used?
Thanks! :)

[teopap2]

Φαγητό is more informal and implies that something has been cooked:

• Δεν μου αρέσει το φαγητό = I don't like the food
• Φάε το φαγητό σου = Eat your food (a mother to a child)

Τροφή is more formal and doesn't imply having been cooked:

• σούπερ τροφές = super foods
• Οι οργανισμοί στα οικοσυστήματα ανταγωνίζονται για την τροφή = The organisms in ecosystems compete for food (maybe the translation here was unnecessary :) )

[_Dimitris_]

Personally I've never heard "σούπερ τροφές". "Υπερτροφές" is the correct and natural term.

[teopap2]

Somehow I'm familiar with both terms, but I guess you are right, it seems more correct and even Google search yields more that 1.5 times the results for υπερτροφές than for σούπερ τροφές.

The point still stands that τροφή and not φαγητό is used for this concept.

[benavenm]

σούπερ is the direct translation of the english "super". Is an anglo word that appears in all languages

[topher967863]

*a latin word

[Ungewitig_Wiht]

Does this word have to do with the English word trophy?

[teopap2]

No, but it also a word of Greek origin.

Trophy comes from (το) τρόπαιο (=trophy), which comes from the noun (η) τροπή. Although it is similar to τροφή, the main meaning of τροπή is "(a) turn". The τρόπαιο was initially a monument of victory, set in the exact place where the enemy turned and fled the battlefield, defeated.

[hstrawson]

Is this an idiomatic way of saying "we are hungry"?

[troll1995]

No, it just says that we don't have food, with the same meaning as in English.

[RodneyMarsh261]

Nourishment is given on the drop down list but was not accepted by dl.

[SerialNarw]

So δεν should be used before our pronoun or after it?

[troll1995]

It should be used after it.

[wyqtor]

What is the difference, if any, between τροφή and φαγητό?

[Spartakos22]

I wrote "we don't have anything to eat" ; is it that wrong ?

[D_..]

'we don't have anything to eat' = δεν έχουμε τίποτα να φάμε.

So, yes, not the right answer in this case. :)

[Rth0ma5]

I really wish DL was better at explaining context.

So can anyone help me with when to use "τροφή" and when to use "φαγητό"?

[ReneeKarak1]

Is there a rule when you are to use τροφή and φαγητό?

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[FrankLamingo]

What is the difference between τροφή and φαγητό?

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[RobertEddy]

Sad!

[Allie396509]

What is the difference between φαγητό and τροφή? Are they just two ways of saying food?

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[MrNixD.Engh]

What's the difference between τροφή and φαγητό

[giodje]

We haven't got food is wrong? This needs fixing

[giodje]

We haven't got food is wrong? This needs fixing

[Dabaka93]

:(

[Victoria587638]

Could this also translate as "We have no food," which means the same thing?

[Gatu77]

Who is eager to go to the grocery store to buy something? Ποιος θέλει να πάει?)