ingredient
See also: ingrédient and ingrediënt
English
Etymology
From Middle French ingredient, from Latin ingrediens, present participle of ingredior (“I go or enter into or onto”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɪnˈɡɹiːdi.ənt/
Noun
ingredient (plural ingredients)
- One of the substances present in a mixture, especially food.
- Sir Isaac Newton
- By way of analysis we may proceed from compounds to ingredients.
- Arbuthnot
- Water is the chief ingredient in all the animal fluids and solids.
- Sir Isaac Newton
Holonyms
Related terms
Translations
substance present in a mixture
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Further reading
- ingredient in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- ingredient in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
Catalan
Noun
ingredient m (plural ingredients)
Middle French
Noun
ingredient m (plural ingrediens)
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