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 Definitions of nutrient  [ˈnu tri ənt, ˈnyu-]  

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Definition of 'nutrient' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) nutrient
nourishing; providing nourishment or nutriment.

2.  nutrient
containing or conveying nutriment, as solutions or vessels of the body.

3. (n.) nutrient
a nutrient substance.

Etymology:  (1640–50; < L nūtrient- (s. of nūtriēns), prp. of nūtrīre to feed, nourish)

Definition of 'nutrient' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) food, nutrient
any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue

2. (adj) nutrient
any substance (such as a chemical element or inorganic compound) that can be taken in by a green plant and used in organic synthesis

3. (adj) alimentary, alimental, nourishing, nutrient, nutritious, nutritive
of or providing nourishment
"good nourishing stew"


Definition of 'nutrient' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) nutrient
nutritious; nourishing; promoting growth

2. (noun) nutrient
any substance which has nutritious qualities, i. e., which nourishes or promotes growth


Translation of 'nutrient' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a substance which gives nourishment
This food contains important nutrients.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: voedingstof Arabic flag Arabic: طَعام مُغَذٍّ Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: хранителни вещества
Brazilian flag Brazilian: nutriente Czech flag Czech: živina German flag German: der Nährstoff
Danish flag Danish: næringsstof Greek flag Greek: θρεπτική ουσία Spanish flag Spanish: nutriente
Estonian flag Estonian: toitaine Farsi flag Farsi: ماده مغذى Finnish flag Finnish: ravintoaine
French flag French: élément nutritif Hebrew flag Hebrew: חוֹמֵר מֵזִין Hindi flag Hindi: पुष्टिकर, पुष्टिकारक
Croatian flag Croatian: hranjiva tvar Hungarian flag Hungarian: tápláló Indonesian flag Indonesian: gizi
Icelandic flag Icelandic: næringarefni Italian flag Italian: nutriente, sostanza nutri Japanese flag Japanese: 栄養素
Korean flag Korean: 영양물 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: maistinga medžiaga Latvian flag Latvian: barības vielas
Malay flag Malay: zat makanan Dutch flag Dutch: voedingsstof Norwegian flag Norwegian: næringsmiddel
Polish flag Polish: odżywka, substancja odżyw Persian flag Persian: ماده مغذى Pashto flag Pashto: غذايى
Portuguese flag Portuguese: elemento nutricional Romanian flag Romanian: element nutritiv Russian flag Russian: питательное вещество
Slovak flag Slovak: živina Slovenian flag Slovenian: hranilo Serbian flag Serbian: hranljivi sastojak
Swedish flag Swedish: näringsämne Thai flag Thai: ธาตุอาหาร Turkish flag Turkish: besin, gıda, besleyici ma
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 養份,營養素 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: поживна речовина Urdu flag Urdu: غذا کا کام دينے والا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: chất dinh dưỡng Chinese flag Chinese: 营养物

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