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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)

1. (biology) The organic process by which an organism assimilates food and uses it for growth and maintenance.
2. 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)

1. 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)

1. nutrition

English

Etymology

Blend of aquaculture +? hydroponics.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /(?)ækw??p?n?ks/
• (General American) enPR: äk'w?-p?n??ks, ?k'w?-, IPA^(key): /??kw??p?n?ks/, /?ækw?-/
• Rhymes: -?n?ks
• Hyphenation: aqua?pon?ics

Noun

aquaponics (uncountable)

1. (agriculture) A sustainable food production system that combines traditional aquaculture with hydroponics, with effluent from the water in which fish are reared being used as nutrition for plants.

Derived terms

• aquaponic
• aquaponically
• aquaponist

Coordinate terms

• aeroponics, geoponics, organoponics

Translations

Further reading

• aquaponics on Wikipedia.Wikipedia