nutrient

English

Etymology

From Latin nūtriēns, present participle of nūtriō (“I suckle, nourish, foster”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈnjuː.tɹi.ənt/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈnuː.tɹi.ənt/

Noun

nutrient (plural nutrients)

  1. A source of nourishment, such as food, that can be metabolized by an organism to give energy and build tissue.
    • 2012, George Monbiot, Guardian Weekly, August 24, p.20
      Even second-generation biofuels, made from crop wastes or wood, are an environmental disaster, either extending the cultivated area or removing the straw and stovers which protect the soil from erosion and keep carbon and nutrients in the ground.

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Adjective

nutrient (comparative more nutrient, superlative most nutrient)

  1. providing nourishment

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Further reading

  • nutrient in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • nutrient in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Catalan

Noun

nutrient m (plural nutrients)

  1. nutrient

Latin

Verb

nūtrient

  1. third-person plural future active indicative of nūtriō
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