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nu·tri·ent

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–adjective

1.	nourishing; providing nourishment or nutriment.

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

–noun

3.	a nutrient substance.

[Origin: 1640–50; < L nūtrient- (s. of nūtriéns), prp. of nūtrīre to feed, nourish; see -ent

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nu·tri·ent Audio Help   (nōō'trē-ənt, nyōō'-) Pronunciation Key
n.   A source of nourishment, especially a nourishing ingredient in a food.

adj.   Providing nourishment.

[Latin nūtriēns, nūtrient-, present participle of nūtrīre, to suckle; see (s)nāu- in Indo-European roots.]

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
nutrient

1650 (adj.), "providing nourishment," from L. nutrientem (nom. nutriens), prp. of nutrire "nourish." The noun meaning "a nutritious substance" is first attested 1828, from the adj.

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nutrient
adjective
1.	of or providing nourishment; "good nourishing stew" [syn: alimentary]
noun
1.	any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue [syn: food]
2.	any substance (such as a chemical element or inorganic compound) that can be taken in by a green plant and used in organic synthesis

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
nutrient [ˈnjuːtriənt] noun

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

Arabic:	طَعام مُغَذٍّ
Chinese (Simplified):	营养物
Chinese (Traditional):	營養物
Czech:	živina
Danish:	næringsstof
Dutch:	voedingsstof
Estonian:	toitaine
Finnish:	ravintoaine
French:	élément nutritif
German:	der Nährstoff
Greek:	θρεπτική ουσία
Hungarian:	tápláló
Icelandic:	næringarefni
Indonesian:	gizi
Italian:	nutriente, sostanza nutriente*

Japanese:	栄養素
Korean:	영양분, 자양분
Latvian:	barības vielas
Lithuanian:	maistinga medžiaga
Norwegian:	næringsmiddel
Polish:	odżywka, substancja odżywcza
Portuguese (Brazil):	nutriente
Portuguese (Portugal):	elemento nutricional
Romanian:	element nutritiv
Russian:	питательное вещество
Slovak:	živina
Slovenian:	hranilo
Spanish:	nutriente
Swedish:	näringsämne
Turkish:	besin, gıda, besleyici madde

See also: nutriment, nutrition, nutritious, "nutrient" in any language

The American Heritage Science Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

nutrient Audio Help (n

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A substance that provides nourishment for growth or metabolism. Plants absorb nutrients mainly from the soil in the form of minerals and other inorganic compounds, and animals obtain nutrients from ingested foods.

American Heritage Stedman's Medical Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

nu·tri·ent (ntr-nt, ny-)
n.

A source of nourishment, especially an ingredient in a food.

Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Main Entry: ²nutrient
Function: noun
: a nutritive substance or ingredient

Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Main Entry: ¹nu·tri·ent
Pronunciation: 'n(y)ü-trE-&nt
Function: adjective
: furnishing nourishment

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Nutrient

Nu"tri*ent\, a. [L. nutriens, p. pr. of nutrire. See Nourish.] Nutritious; nourishing; promoting growth. -- n. Any substance which has nutritious qualities, i. e., which nourishes or promotes growth.

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