nutriente

Interlingua

Noun

nutriente (plural nutrientes)

1. nutrient

Related terms

• nutrimento
• nutrition
• nutritive

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin nūtrientem, present participle of nūtriō (“to suckle, nourish, foster”).

Adjective

nutriente m or f by sense (plural nutrienti)

1. nutritious, nourishing, nutritive

Noun

nutriente m (plural nutrienti)

1. nutrient, nutriment

   Synonym: nutrimento

Related terms

• nutrire

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin nūtrientem, present participle of nūtriō (“to suckle, to nourish, to foster”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ẽti

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /nu.tɾiˈẽ.t͡ʃi/, (faster) /nuˈtɾjẽ.t͡ʃi/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /nu.tɾiˈẽ.tɨ/, (faster) /nuˈtɾjẽ.tɨ/

• Hyphenation: nu‧tri‧en‧te

Noun

nutriente m (plural nutrientes)

1. nutrient

Further reading

• “nutriente”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “nutriente”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin nūtrientem, present participle of nūtriō (“to suckle, nourish, foster”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nuˈtɾjente/ [nuˈt̪ɾjẽn̪.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ente
• Syllabification: nu‧trien‧te

Noun

nutriente m (plural nutrientes)

1. nutrient

Derived terms

• macronutriente
• micronutriente

Related terms

• nudrir
• nutrir

Further reading

• “nutriente”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025