vitamin
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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.[1] 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 natural substances of undefined composition. Drummond also introduced the lettering system of nomenclature (Vitamin A, B, C, etc.) at this same time.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈvɪt.ə.mɪn/,[2][1][3]
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈvaɪ.tə.mɪn/, [ˈvʌɪ.ɾə.mɪn][2][1]
Audio (US) (file) - (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈvɑet.ə.mən/
Noun[edit]
vitamin (plural vitamins)
- 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.
- a food rich in vitamins
Hyponyms[edit]
- See also Thesaurus:vitamin
Derived terms[edit]
terms derived from "vitamin"
Translations[edit]
organic compound essential to human health
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(attributive use of the noun)
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See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 “vitamin”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 “vitamin”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- ^ Cambridge Dictionaries Online
Danish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
vitamin n (singular definite vitaminet, plural indefinite vitaminer)
Declension[edit]
Declension of vitamin
| neuter gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | vitamin | vitaminet | vitaminer | vitaminerne |
| genitive | vitamins | vitaminets | vitaminers | vitaminernes |
Related terms[edit]
- A-vitamin, B-vitamin, C-vitamin, D-vitamin, E-vitamin, K-vitamin
- multivitamin
- provitamin
- vitaminholdig
- vitaminisere
Further reading[edit]
- “vitamin” in Den Danske Ordbog
vitamin on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
Hungarian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
vitamin (plural vitaminok)
Declension[edit]
| Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | vitamin | vitaminok |
| accusative | vitamint | vitaminokat |
| dative | vitaminnak | vitaminoknak |
| instrumental | vitaminnal | vitaminokkal |
| causal-final | vitaminért | vitaminokért |
| translative | vitaminná | vitaminokká |
| terminative | vitaminig | vitaminokig |
| essive-formal | vitaminként | vitaminokként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | vitaminban | vitaminokban |
| superessive | vitaminon | vitaminokon |
| adessive | vitaminnál | vitaminoknál |
| illative | vitaminba | vitaminokba |
| sublative | vitaminra | vitaminokra |
| allative | vitaminhoz | vitaminokhoz |
| elative | vitaminból | vitaminokból |
| delative | vitaminról | vitaminokról |
| ablative | vitamintól | vitaminoktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
vitaminé | vitaminoké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
vitaminéi | vitaminokéi |
| Possessive forms of vitamin | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | vitaminom | vitaminjaim |
| 2nd person sing. | vitaminod | vitaminjaid |
| 3rd person sing. | vitaminja | vitaminjai |
| 1st person plural | vitaminunk | vitaminjaink |
| 2nd person plural | vitaminotok | vitaminjaitok |
| 3rd person plural | vitaminjuk | vitaminjaik |
Derived terms[edit]
Compound words
References[edit]
- ^ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN
Further reading[edit]
- vitamin in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Indonesian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From English vitamin, earlier vitamine, from Latin vīta (“life”) (see vital) + amine.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
vitamin (first-person possessive vitaminku, second-person possessive vitaminmu, third-person possessive vitaminnya)
- vitamin: 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.
Further reading[edit]
- “vitamin” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Japanese[edit]
Romanization[edit]
vitamin
Malay[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From English vitamin, earlier vitamine, from Latin vīta (“life”) (see vital) + amine.
Noun[edit]
vitamin (Jawi spelling ۏيتامين, plural vitamin-vitamin, informal 1st possessive vitaminku, 2nd possessive vitaminmu, 3rd possessive vitaminnya)
- vitamin: 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.
Further reading[edit]
- “vitamin” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Noun[edit]
vitamin n (definite singular vitaminet, indefinite plural vitamin or vitaminer, definite plural vitamina or vitaminene)
- a vitamin
References[edit]
- “vitamin” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Noun[edit]
vitamin n (definite singular vitaminet, indefinite plural vitamin, definite plural vitamina)
- a vitamin
References[edit]
- “vitamin” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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