Meanings
plural nourishments
- countableuncountableThe act of nourishing or the state of being nourished.
- countableuncountableSomething that nourishes; food.
Many ultraraces do not include much nourishment from organizers.
2021 May 25, Matthew Futterman, “‘I Am So Freaked Out. I Can’t Even Get My Mind Around It.’”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 03 Jun 20211 more example
The Oriental Synagogue, continuing to draw musical nourishment from Semitic-Oriental sources.
1929, Abraham Zevi Idelsohn, Jewish Music: Its Historical Development, page 133
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna source of materials to nourish the body
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Old Frenchnorissement
- Middle Englishnorisshement
- Englishnourishment
From Middle English norisshement, from Middle French, from Old French norissement, from norrir, equivalent to nourish + -ment.
More words from Middle English, Old French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans voedingskrag
- voedingskragsomething that nourishes; food
Ancient Greek τροφή
- τροφή (trophḗ)something that nourishes; food
Bulgarian хранене, храна
- хранене (hranene)the act of nourishing or the state of being nourished
- храна (hrana)something that nourishes; food
Chinese Mandarin 營養 /营养
- 營養 /营养 (yíngyǎng)something that nourishes; food
Finnish ravitseminen, ravituksi tuleminen
- ravitseminenthe act of nourishing or the state of being nourished
- ravituksi tuleminenthe act of nourishing or the state of being nourished
- ravintosomething that nourishes; food
French nourriture
- nourrituresomething that nourishes; food
German Ernährung, Nahrung
- Ernährungthe act of nourishing or the state of being nourished
- Nahrungsomething that nourishes; food
- Ernährungsomething that nourishes; food
Hebrew מָזוֹן
- מָזוֹן (mazón)something that nourishes; food
Hindi पोषण, पोषाहार
- पोषण (poṣaṇ)the act of nourishing or the state of being nourished
- पोषाहार (poṣāhār)something that nourishes; food
- पोषण (poṣaṇ)something that nourishes; food
Hungarian táplálás, táplálék
- táplálásthe act of nourishing or the state of being nourished
- tápláléksomething that nourishes; food
- tápanyagsomething that nourishes; food
Japanese 栄養
- 栄養 (eiyō)something that nourishes; food
Latin nūtrimen, nūtrimentum
- nūtrimenthe act of nourishing or the state of being nourished
- nūtrimentumthe act of nourishing or the state of being nourished
- nūtrimensomething that nourishes; food
- nūtrimentumsomething that nourishes; food
- sagīnasomething that nourishes; food
Norwegian ernæring
- ernæringsomething that nourishes; food
Polish żywienie, pożywienie
- żywieniethe act of nourishing or the state of being nourished
- pożywieniesomething that nourishes; food
- żywnośćsomething that nourishes; food
Portuguese nutrição, sustância
- nutriçãothe act of nourishing or the state of being nourished
- sustânciasomething that nourishes; food
- sustançasomething that nourishes; food
- alimentosomething that nourishes; food
Russian кормле́ние, пита́ние
- кормле́ние (kormlénije)the act of nourishing or the state of being nourished
- пита́ние (pitánije)the act of nourishing or the state of being nourished
- пита́ние (pitánije)something that nourishes; food
Spanish pábulo
- pábulosomething that nourishes; food
Swedish näring
- näringsomething that nourishes; food
Vietnamese sự nuôi dưỡng, dinh dưỡng
- sự nuôi dưỡngthe act of nourishing or the state of being nourished
- dinh dưỡngsomething that nourishes; food
Yiddish דערנערונג
- דערנערונג (dernerung)something that nourishes; food
Cite this entry
nourishment. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nourishment
“nourishment.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nourishment. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nourishment,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nourishment.
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