nutrition

See also: Nutrition

English

Etymology

From Middle French nutrition, from Old French nutricion, from Latin nutritio

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: nyo͞o-trĭʹ-shən, IPA^(key): /njuːˈtɹɪ.ʃən/
• (US) enPR: no͞o-trĭʹ-shən, IPA^(key): /nuˈtɹɪ.ʃən/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ɪʃən

Noun

nutrition (usually uncountable, plural nutritions)

1. (biology) The organic process by which an organism assimilates food and uses it for growth and maintenance.

Translations

nutrition

• Arabic: تَغْذِيَة‏‎ f (taḡḏiya), غِذَاء‏‎ m (ḡiḏāʾ), إِطْعَام‏‎ m (ʾiṭʿām), اِغْتِذَاء‏‎ m (iḡtiḏāʾ)
• Armenian: սնուցում (hy) (snucʿum)
• Belarusian: харчаванне n (xarčavánne)
• Bulgarian: хранене (bg) n (hranene)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 營養, 营养 (jing⁴ joeng⁵)

  Mandarin: 營養 (zh), 营养 (zh) (yíngyǎng)

  Min Nan: 營養 (zh-min-nan), 营养 (îng-ióng)

• Czech: výživa (cs) f
• Danish: ernæring
• Dutch: voeding (nl) f
• Finnish: ravitsemus (fi)
• French: nutrition (fr) f
• German: Ernährung (de) f, Nahrung (de) f, Nutrition (de) f
• Greek: διατροφή (el) (diatrofí)
• Hebrew: תזונה‏‎

• Hindi: पोषण (hi) (pōṣaṇa)
• Irish: oiliúint f
• Italian: nutrizione (it) f
• Japanese: 営養 (ja) (えいよう, eiyō), 栄養 (ja) (えいよう, eiyō)
• Korean: 영양 (ko) (yeongyang)
• Norwegian: ernæring (no)
• Polish: żywienie (pl) n, pożywienie (pl) n
• Portuguese: nutrição (pt) f
• Romanian: nutrire (ro), nutriție (ro) f
• Russian: пита́ние (ru) n (pitánije)
• Spanish: nutrición (es) f
• Swedish: näring (sv), näringslära
• Tagalog: paniyahan, paniya
• Thai: โภชนาการ (th) (p̣hochnākār)
• Ukrainian: харчування n (xarčuvánnja)
• Vietnamese: sự dinh dưỡng, dinh dưỡng (vi)

Related terms

• nutrient
• nutritionist
• nutritious

See also

• nutrition on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin nūtrītiō.

Noun

nutrition f (plural nutritions)

1. nutrition

Further reading

• “nutrition” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).