vitamin

See also: Vitamin and vitamín

English

Etymology

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 neutral substances of undefined composition. Drummond also introduced the lettering system of nomenclature (Vitamin A, B, C, etc.) at this same time.

Pronunciation

Noun

vitamin (plural vitamins)

  1. 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.

Hyponyms

  • See also Thesaurus:vitamin

Derived terms

Translations

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 “vitamin” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
  2. 1 2 “vitamin” in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
  3. ↑ Cambridge Dictionaries Online

Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vitamiːn/, [vitˢaˈmiːˀn]

Noun

vitamin n (singular definite vitaminet, plural indefinite vitaminer)

  1. vitamin

Declension

  • A-vitamin, B-vitamin, C-vitamin, D-vitamin, E-vitamin, K-vitamin
  • multivitamin
  • provitamin
  • vitaminholdig
  • vitaminisere

Further reading

Hungarian

Etymology

From English vitamin.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈvitɒmin]
  • Hyphenation: vi‧ta‧min

Noun

vitamin (plural vitaminok)

  1. vitamin

Declension

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
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

  • vitaminos

(Compound words):

  • A-vitamin
  • B-vitamin
  • C-vitamin
  • D-vitamin
  • vitamindús
  • vitaminhiány
  • vitaminszegény

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

vitamin n (definite singular vitaminet, indefinite plural vitamin or vitaminer, definite plural vitamina or vitaminene)

  1. a vitamin

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

vitamin n (definite singular vitaminet, indefinite plural vitamin, definite plural vitamina)

  1. a vitamin

References

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