English Explanatory Dictionary

nutritive

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of or pertaining to nutrition.
  2. Nourishing, providing nutrition.
noun
  1. A nutrient.

Pronunciation

/ˈnjuːtɹətɪv/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-nutritive.wav

Word forms

nutritive more nutritive most nutritive nutritives

Etymology

From Middle French nutritif, from Late Latin nūtritīvus, from the participle stem of Latin nūtriō (“to suckle”).

Synonyms

nutritional

Antonyms

nonnutritive

Derived words

antinutritive innutritive isonutritive nutritively nutritiveness unnutritive
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