nutrient

English

Wikipedia

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.

Synonyms

• nutriment

Translations

substance that provides nourishment

Arabic: مغذي (ar), مغذي (ar) (mughadee) Czech: živina (cs) f. Macedonian: хранлива состојка (mk) (hránliva sóstojka) f.

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