nutritive

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French nutritif, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Late Latin nūtritīvus, from the participle stem of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin nūtriō (“I suckle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnjuːtɹətɪv/

Adjective

nutritive (comparative more nutritive, superlative most nutritive)

1. Of or pertaining to nutrition.
2. Nourishing, nutritional.
   • 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 355:

     D'Argenson reckoned that its consumption held up so well in times of high prices because the poor thought that it had nutritive value.

Antonyms

• nonnutritive

Derived terms

• antinutritive
• innutritive
• nutritively

Translations

of or pertaining to nutrition

• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

nourishing, nutritional

• Finnish: nutritiivinen
• Irish: beathúil
• Italian: nutriente (it), nutritivo (it)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Polish: spożywczy (pl)
• Portuguese: nutritivo (pt) m

Noun

nutritive (plural nutritives)

1. (archaic) A nutrient.

Anagrams

• vetturini

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ny.tʁi.tiv/

Adjective

nutritive

1. feminine singular of nutritif

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German

Adjective

nutritive

1. inflection of nutritiv:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

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Interlingua

Adjective

nutritive (comparative plus nutritive, superlative le plus nutritive)

1. nutritious

Related terms

• nutriente
• nutrimento
• nutrition

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Italian

Adjective

nutritive f

1. feminine plural of nutritivo

Anagrams

• nutritevi, vetturini