vitamin

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English

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Etymology

1920, originally vitamine (1912), from Latin vīta (“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 introduced the lettering system of nomenclature (Vitamin A, B, C, etc.) also at this same time.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈvɪt.ə.mɪn/
• (US) IPA: /ˈvaɪt.ə.mɪn/
• (Australia) IPA: /ˈvaɪt.ə.mən/

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 Wikisaurus:vitamin

Derived terms

terms derived from "vitamin"

vitamer vitaminic vitaminize ________________ vitamin A vitamin A acid vitamin B vitamin B complex, vitamin Bc, vitamin B1, vitamin B2, vitamin B3, vitamin B4, vitamin B5, vitamin B6, vitamin B7, vitamin B9, vitamin B12, vitamin B17 vitamin C vitamin D vitamin D1, vitamin D2, vitamin D3, vitamin D4, vitamin D5

vitamin E vitamin F (obsolete) vitamin G vitamin H vitamin J (obsolete) vitamin K vitamin K1, vitamin K2 vitamin M vitamin P vitamin R (slang) vitamin V (slang)

Translations

organic compound essential to human health

• Arabic: فيتامين (ar) (fitamiin) m
• Belarusian: вітамін (be) (vitamín) m
• Bulgarian: витамин (bg) (vitamín) m
• Catalan: vitamina (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 維生素 (cmn), 维生素 (cmn) (wéishēngsù), 維他命 (cmn), 维他命 (cmn) (wéitāmìng)

• Czech: vitamín (cs) m
• Danish: vitamin (da) n
• Dutch: vitamine (nl) c
• Estonian: vitamiin (et)
• Finnish: vitamiini (fi)
• French: vitamine (fr) f
• Galician: vitamina (gl) f
• German: Vitamin (de) n
• Greek: βιταμίνη (el) (vitamíni) f
• Hebrew: ויטמין (he) (vitamin) m

• Icelandic: vítamín (is) n, fjörefni (is) n
• Italian: vitamina (it) f
• Japanese: ビタミン (ja) (bitamin)
• Khmer: ជីវជាតិ (km) (chii vɔɔ chiet)
• Korean: 비타민 (ko) (bitamin)
• Macedonian: витамин (mk) (vitamín) m
• Malayalam: ജീവകം (jeevakam)
• Polish: witamina (pl) f
• Portuguese: vitamina (pt) f
• Romanian: vitamină (ro) f
• Russian: витамин (ru) (vitamín) m
• Spanish: vitamina (es) f
• Swahili: vitamini (sw)
• Swedish: vitamin (sv) c
• Ukrainian: вітамін (uk) (vitamín) m
• Vietnamese: vitamin (vi), sinh tố (vi)

(attributive use of the noun)

• Galician: vitamínico (gl)

• Spanish: vitamínico (es)

See also

• vitamer

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Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA: /vitamiːn/, [vitˢaˈmiːˀn]

Noun

vitamin n (singular definite vitaminet, plural indefinite vitaminer)

1. vitamin

Inflection

    Inflection of vitamin

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	vitamin	vitaminet	vitaminer	vitaminerne
genitive	vitamins	vitaminets	vitaminers	vitaminernes

Related terms

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

External links

• Vitamin on the Danish Wikipedia.da.Wikipedia