nutrition

See also: Nutrition

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French nutrition, from Old French nutricion, from Latin nutritio.

Pronunciation

(UK) enPR: nyo͞o-trĭʹ-shən, IPA^(key): /njuːˈtɹɪ.ʃən/
(US) enPR: no͞o-trĭʹ-shən, IPA^(key): /nuˈtɹɪ.ʃən/
Audio (US) (file)
Rhymes: -ɪʃən

Noun

nutrition (usually uncountable, plural nutritions)

(biology) The organic process by which an organism assimilates food and uses it for growth and maintenance.
That which nourishes; nutriment.

Related terms

Translations

nutrition

Arabic: تَغْذِيَة‎ (ar) f (taḡḏiya), غِذَاء‎ m (ḡiḏāʾ), إِطْعَام‎ m (ʾiṭʿām), اِغْتِذَاء‎ m (iḡtiḏāʾ)
Armenian: սնուցում (hy) (snucʿum)
Belarusian: харчаванне n (xarčavánne)
Bulgarian: хранене (bg) n (hranene)
Burmese: အာဟာရ (my) (ahara.)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 營養, 营养 (jing⁴ joeng⁵)

Mandarin: 營養 (zh), 营养 (zh) (yíngyǎng)

Min Nan: 營養 (zh-min-nan), 营养 (îng-ióng)
Czech: výživa (cs) f
Danish: ernæring
Dutch: voeding (nl) f
Finnish: ravitsemus (fi)
French: nutrition (fr) f
German: Ernährung (de) f, Nahrung (de) f, Nutrition (de) f
Greek: διατροφή (el) (diatrofí)
Hebrew: תזונה‎

Hindi: पोषण (hi) (pōṣaṇa)
Indonesian: nutrisi (id)
Irish: oiliúint f
Italian: nutrizione (it) f
Japanese: 営養 (ja) (えいよう, eiyō), 栄養 (ja) (えいよう, eiyō)
Korean: 영양 (ko) (yeongyang)
Norwegian: ernæring (no)
Polish: żywienie (pl) n, pożywienie (pl) n
Portuguese: nutrição (pt) f
Romanian: nutrire (ro), nutriție (ro) f
Russian: пита́ние (ru) n (pitánije)
Spanish: nutrición (es) f
Swedish: näring (sv), näringslära
Tagalog: paniyahan, paniya
Thai: โภชนาการ (th) (p̣hochnākār)
Ukrainian: харчування n (xarčuvánnja)
Vietnamese: sự dinh dưỡng, dinh dưỡng (vi)

See also

nutrition on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin nūtrītiō, nūtrītiōnem, from Latin nūtriō.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ny.tʁi.sjɔ̃/
Audio (file)

Noun

nutrition f (plural nutritions)

nutrition

Related terms

nourrir

Further reading

“nutrition” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Interlingua

Noun

nutrition (uncountable)

nutrition

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