nutrient

English

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Etymology

From Latin nutriens, present participle of nutrire (“to suckle, nourish, foster”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈnjuː.tɹi.ənt/
• (US) IPA: /ˈnuː.tɹi.ənt/

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

Translations

substance that provides nourishment

• Arabic: مغذي (ar), مغذي (ar) (mughadee)
• Czech: živina (cs) f
• French: nutriment (fr) m
• German: Nährstoff (de) m
• Italian: nutriente (it) m, principe nutritivo (it) m
• Macedonian: хранлива состојка (mk) (hránliva sóstojka) f

• Polish: składnik pokarmowy m
• Portuguese: nutriente (pt) m
• Spanish: nutriente (es) m
• Swedish: näringsämne (sv) n
• Turkish: besin (tr)

Adjective

nutrient (comparative more nutrient, superlative most nutrient)

1. providing nourishment

Translations

providing nourishment

• Dutch: voedsel, voedingsmiddel n
• Finnish: ravinne (fi), ravintoaine (fi)
• French: nutriment (fr) m
• German: Nährstoff (de) m
• Japanese: 栄養(えいよう ēyō), 栄養素(えいようそ ēyōso)

• Macedonian: хранлив (mk) (hránliv) m, хранлива (mk) (hránliva) f, хранливо (mk) (hránlivo) n
• Swedish: närande (sv)
• Turkish: besleyici (tr)

Related terms

• nourish
• nourishment
• nurse
• nursery
• nutriment
• nutrition
• nutritional
• nutritious
• nutritive

External links

• nutrient in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• nutrient in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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Latin

Verb

nūtrient

1. third-person plural future active indicative of nūtriō