different between nutritive vs nutrient

English

Etymology

From Middle French nutritif, from Late Latin n?trit?vus, from the participle stem of Latin n?tri? (“I suckle”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?nju?t??t?v/

Adjective

nutritive (comparative more nutritive, superlative most nutritive)

1. Of or pertaining to nutrition.
2. Nourishing, nutritional.
   • 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 355:

     D'Argenson reckoned that its consumption held up so well in times of high prices because the poor thought that it had nutritive value.

Antonyms

• nonnutritive

Derived terms

• antinutritive
• innutritive
• nutritively

Translations

Noun

nutritive (plural nutritives)

1. (archaic) A nutrient.

Anagrams

• vetturini

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ny.t?i.tiv/

Adjective

nutritive

1. feminine singular of nutritif

German

Pronunciation

Adjective

nutritive

1. inflection of nutritiv:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Interlingua

Adjective

nutritive (comparative plus nutritive, superlative le plus nutritive)

1. nutritious

Related terms

• nutriente
• nutrimento
• nutrition

Italian

Adjective

nutritive f

1. feminine plural of nutritivo

Anagrams

• nutritevi, vetturini

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)

1. 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.

Synonyms

• nutriment

Derived terms

• antinutrient

Translations

Adjective

nutrient (comparative more nutrient, superlative most nutrient)

1. 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)

1. 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

1. third-person plural future active indicative of n?tri?