different between vitamin vs micronutrient

English

Etymology

1920, originally vitamine (1912), from Latin v?ta (“life”) (see vital) + amine (see amino acids). Vitamine coined by Polish biochemist Casimir Funk after the initial discovery of aberic acid (thiamine), when it was thought that all such nutrients would be amines. The term had become ubiquitous by the time it was discovered that vitamin C, among others, had no amine component. In 1920, British biochemist Jack Drummond proposed that the final -e be dropped to deemphasize the amine reference. The ending -in was acceptable because it was used for neutral substances of undefined composition. Drummond also introduced the lettering system of nomenclature (Vitamin A, B, C, etc.) at this same time.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?v?t.?.m?n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?va?.t?.m?n/, [?v??.??.m?n]
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /?v?et.?.m?n/

Noun

vitamin (plural vitamins)

1. Any of a specific group of organic compounds essential in small quantities for healthy human growth, metabolism, development, and body function; found in minute amounts in plant and animal foods or sometimes produced synthetically; deficiencies of specific vitamins produce specific disorders.

Hyponyms

• See also Thesaurus:vitamin

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• vitamer

References

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vitami?n/, [vit?a?mi??n]

Noun

vitamin n (singular definite vitaminet, plural indefinite vitaminer)

1. vitamin

Declension

Related terms

• A-vitamin, B-vitamin, C-vitamin, D-vitamin, E-vitamin, K-vitamin
• multivitamin
• provitamin
• vitaminholdig
• vitaminisere

Further reading

• “vitamin” in Den Danske Ordbog
• vitamin on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Hungarian

Etymology

From English vitamin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?vit?min]
• Hyphenation: vi?ta?min
• Rhymes: -in

Noun

vitamin (plural vitaminok)

1. vitamin

Declension

Derived terms

• vitaminos

References

Further reading

• vitamin in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN

Indonesian

Etymology

From English vitamin, earlier vitamine, from Latin v?ta (“life”) (see vital) + amine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [vi?tam?n]
• Hyphenation: vi?ta?min

Noun

vitamin (first-person possessive vitaminku, second-person possessive vitaminmu, third-person possessive vitaminnya)

1. vitamin: any of a specific group of organic compounds essential in small quantities for healthy human growth, metabolism, development, and body function; found in minute amounts in plant and animal foods or sometimes produced synthetically; deficiencies of specific vitamins produce specific disorders.

Further reading

• “vitamin” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Japanese

Romanization

vitamin

1. R?maji transcription of ????

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

vitamin n (definite singular vitaminet, indefinite plural vitamin or vitaminer, definite plural vitamina or vitaminene)

1. a vitamin

References

• “vitamin” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

vitamin n (definite singular vitaminet, indefinite plural vitamin, definite plural vitamina)

1. a vitamin

References

• “vitamin” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

English

Etymology

micro- +? nutrient

Noun

micronutrient (plural micronutrients)

1. A mineral, vitamin or other substance that is essential, even in very small quantities, for growth or metabolism.

   Synonyms: micromineral, trace element

   Antonym: macronutrient

   Hyponyms: mineral, vitamin, calcium, iron, iodine

   • 2010, Anthony Marcelus, "Fix Your Fare", Reps! 17:75

     Broccoli, on the other hand, is loaded with healthy micronutrients and is perfect in any meal, so keep it on your plate.

Translations

Further reading

• micronutrient on Wikipedia.Wikipedia