nutrient

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UK/ˈnjuː.tɹi.ənt/US/ˈnuː.tɹi.ənt/

noun

A source of nourishment, such as food, that can be metabolized by an organism to give energy and build tissue.

Similar
nutrimentalimentaryalimentalnourishingnutritiousnutritivewholesomefood
OriginLatin nūtriēns →
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Meanings

nounnutrient (plural nutrients)

plural nutrients

  1. A source of nourishment, such as food, that can be metabolized by an organism to give energy and build tissue.

    Even second-generation biofuels, made from crop wastes or wood, are an environmental disaster, either extending the cultivated area or removing the straw and stovers which protect the soil from erosion and keep carbon and nutrients in the ground.

    2012 August 24, George Monbiot, Guardian Weekly, page 20

    Synonyms: nutriment

adjectivenutrient (comparative more nutrient, superlative most nutrient)

comparative more nutrient · superlative most nutrient

  1. Providing nourishment.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA source of nourishment, such as food, that can be metabolized by an organism to give energy and build tissue.

Similar
nutriment

More synonyms by meaning

adjectiveof or providing nourishment

Similar
alimentaryalimentalnourishingnutritiousnutritivewholesome

nounany substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue

Similar
food
Broader
substance
Also see
alimentalalimentaryfoodnourishingnutritiousnutritive

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latinnūtriēns
  2. Englishnutrient

Borrowed from Latin nūtriēns, present participle of nūtriō (“to suckle, nourish, foster”).

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Translations

Arabic مُغَذٍّ, المُغَذِّي
  • مُغَذٍّ (muḡaḏḏin)providing nourishment
  • المُغَذِّي (al-muḡaḏḏī)providing nourishment
Bulgarian хранителен
  • хранителен (hranitelen)providing nourishment
Chinese Mandarin 養分 /养分, 營養素 /营养素
  • 養分 /养分 (yǎngfèn)substance that provides nourishment
  • 營養素 /营养素 (yíngyǎngsù)substance that provides nourishment
  • 滋養的 /滋养的 (zīyǎng de)providing nourishment
Czech živina
  • živinasubstance that provides nourishment
Danish næringsstof, nærende
  • næringsstofsubstance that provides nourishment
  • nærendeproviding nourishment
  • næringsrigproviding nourishment
Dutch voedingsstof, nutriënt
  • voedingsstofsubstance that provides nourishment
  • nutriëntsubstance that provides nourishment
  • voedselproviding nourishment
  • voedingsmiddelproviding nourishment
Finnish ravinne, ravintoaine
  • ravinnesubstance that provides nourishment
  • ravintoainesubstance that provides nourishment
  • ravitsevaproviding nourishment
French nutriment, nutritif
  • nutrimentsubstance that provides nourishment
  • nutritifproviding nourishment
German Nährstoff, nahrhaft
  • Nährstoffsubstance that provides nourishment
  • nahrhaftproviding nourishment
Greek θρεπτικό συστατικό
  • θρεπτικό συστατικό (threptikó systatikó)substance that provides nourishment
Hungarian tápanyag
  • tápanyagsubstance that provides nourishment
Indonesian gizi, nutrien
  • gizisubstance that provides nourishment
  • nutriensubstance that provides nourishment
Italian nutriente, principe nutritivo
  • nutrientesubstance that provides nourishment
  • principe nutritivosubstance that provides nourishment
Japanese 栄養, 栄養素
  • 栄養substance that provides nourishment
  • 栄養素substance that provides nourishment
Korean 영양소
  • 영양소 (yeong'yangso)substance that provides nourishment
Māori taiora, matūkai
  • taiorasubstance that provides nourishment
  • matūkaisubstance that provides nourishment
Norwegian Bokmål næringsstoff
  • næringsstoffsubstance that provides nourishment
Polish składnik odżywczy
  • składnik odżywczysubstance that provides nourishment
Portuguese nutriente
  • nutrientesubstance that provides nourishment
Russian пита́тельное вещество́, пита́тельный
  • пита́тельное вещество́ (pitátelʹnoje veščestvó)substance that provides nourishment
  • пита́тельный (pitátelʹnyj)providing nourishment
Spanish nutriente
  • nutrientesubstance that provides nourishment
Swedish näringsämne, närande
  • näringsämnesubstance that provides nourishment
  • närandeproviding nourishment
Tagalog kapaniya, sustansya
  • kapaniyasubstance that provides nourishment
  • sustansyasubstance that provides nourishment
Thai สารอาหาร
  • สารอาหาร (sǎan-aa-hǎan)substance that provides nourishment
Turkish besin, besleyici
  • besinsubstance that provides nourishment
  • besleyiciproviding nourishment
Vietnamese chất dinh dưỡng, dưỡng chất
  • chất dinh dưỡngsubstance that provides nourishment
  • dưỡng chấtsubstance that provides nourishment
Welsh maetholyn
  • maetholynsubstance that provides nourishment
Cite this entry
APA

nutrient. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nutrient

MLA

“nutrient.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nutrient. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nutrient,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nutrient.

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