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nutrient
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin n?tri?ns, present participle of n?tri? (“I suckle, nourish, foster”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?nju?.t?i.?nt/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?nu?.t?i.?nt/
Noun
nutrient (plural nutrients)
- A source of nourishment, such as food, that can be metabolized by an organism to give energy and build tissue.
- 2012, George Monbiot, Guardian Weekly, August 24, p.20
- Even second-generation biofuels, made from crop wastes or wood, are an environmental disaster, either extending the cultivated area or removing the straw and stovers which protect the soil from erosion and keep carbon and nutrients in the ground.
- 2012, George Monbiot, Guardian Weekly, August 24, p.20
Synonyms
- nutriment
Derived terms
- antinutrient
Translations
Adjective
nutrient (comparative more nutrient, superlative most nutrient)
- Providing nourishment.
Translations
Related terms
- nourish
- nourishment
- nurse
- nursery
- nutriment
- nutrition
- nutritional
- nutritious
- nutritive
Further reading
- nutrient in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- nutrient in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin nutriens, nutrientem.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Valencian) IPA(key): /nu.t?i?ent/
- (Central) IPA(key): /nu.t?i?en/
Noun
nutrient m (plural nutrients)
- nutrient
Related terms
- nodrir
Further reading
- “nutrient” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “nutrient” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “nutrient” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
Latin
Verb
n?trient
- third-person plural future active indicative of n?tri?
nutrient From the web:
- what nutrients are in corn
- what nutrients provide energy
- what nutrients are in eggs
- what nutrients are in potatoes
- what nutrient provides the most energy
- what nutrients do vegetables provide
- what nutrients are in apples
- what nutrients are in mushrooms
nutrition
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French nutrition, from Old French nutricion, from Latin nutritio.
Pronunciation
- (UK) enPR: nyo?o-tr??-sh?n, IPA(key): /nju??t??.??n/
- (US) enPR: no?o-tr??-sh?n, IPA(key): /nu?t??.??n/
- Rhymes: -???n
Noun
nutrition (usually uncountable, plural nutritions)
- (biology) The organic process by which an organism assimilates food and uses it for growth and maintenance.
- That which nourishes; nutriment.
Derived terms
- nutritional
- nutritionalist
- nutritionally
- nutritionism
- nutritionist
Related terms
- nutrient
- nutritious
- nutriture
Translations
See also
- nutrition on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin n?tr?ti?, n?tr?ti?nem, from Latin n?tri?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ny.t?i.sj??/
Noun
nutrition f (plural nutritions)
- nutrition
Related terms
- nourrir
Further reading
- “nutrition” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Interlingua
Noun
nutrition (uncountable)
- nutrition
nutrition From the web:
- what nutrition does corn have
- what nutritional value is in corn
- what nutrition do mushrooms have
- what nutrition do i need daily
- what nutrition does broccoli have
- what nutrition do grapes have
- what nutrition does potatoes have
- what nutrition do dogs need
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