nutrition
English dictionary entry
Meanings
noun
- The organic process by which an organism assimilates food and uses it for growth and maintenance.
- That which nourishes; nutriment.
Pronunciation
nyo͞o-trĭshʹ-ən
/njuːˈtɹɪʃ.ən/
no͞o-trĭshʹ-ən
/nuˈtɹɪʃ.ən/
/njuˈtɹɪʃ.ən/
en-us-nutrition.ogg
/njʉːˈtɹɪʃ.ən/
Word forms
nutrition
nutritions
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French nutrition, from Old French nutricion, from Latin nutritio.
Related words
Derived words
chrononutrition
denutrition
ethnonutrition
hypernutrition
hyponutrition
immunonutrition
innutrition
macronutrition
malnutrition
micronutrition
misnutrition
nutrigenomics
nutritial
nutritional
nutritionalist
nutritionally
nutritionism
nutritionist
nutritionless
nutritionwise
overnutrition
paleonutrition
paleonutritionist
pharmaconutrition
pseudonutrition
renutrition
subnutrition
supernutrition
telenutrition
undernutrition
Translations
Albanian: ushqim
Arabic: تَغْذِيَة
Arabic: غِذَاء
Arabic: إِطْعَام
Arabic: اِغْتِذَاء
Arabic: طَعَام
Armenian: սնուցում
Azerbaijani: qidalanma
Azerbaijani: qida
Belarusian: харчава́нне
Belarusian: харчава́ньне
Bengali: গেজা
Bulgarian: хра́нене
Burmese: အာဟာရ
Chinese Cantonese: 營養 /营养
Chinese: 營養 /营养
Chinese Mandarin: 營養 /营养
Czech: výživa
Danish: ernæring
Dutch: voeding
Estonian: toitumine
Finnish: ravitsemus
French: nutrition
Galician: nutrición
Georgian: კვება
German: Ernährung
German: Nahrung
German: Nutrition
Greek: διατροφή
Greek: θρέψη
Hebrew: תְּזוּנָה
Hindi: पोषण
Hindi: खाद्य
Hindi: खाना
Hindi: ग़िज़ा
Hindi: गिजा
Hungarian: táplálás
Icelandic: næring
Indonesian: nutrisi
Indonesian: gizi
Irish: oiliúint
Italian: nutrizione
Japanese: 営養
Japanese: 栄養
Kazakh: тамақтандыру
Kazakh: азықтану
Kazakh: тамақтану
Kazakh: тағам
Kazakh: тамақ
Khmer: បោសនា
Korean: 영양
Kyrgyz: азыктандыруу
Kyrgyz: азыктануу
Kyrgyz: тоюттандыруу
Kyrgyz: тоюттануу
Lao: ໂພຊະນາການ
Lao: ໂພຊະນາ
Latvian: uzturs
Lithuanian: mityba
Macedonian: исхрана
Macedonian: прехрана
Malayalam: പോഷണം
Māori: taioranga
Norwegian Bokmål: ernæring
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