ingredient
Syllables: in·gre·di·ent/ɪnˈɡɹiːdi.ənt/
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dialectal/ɪnˈɡɹiːd͡ʒənt/
ingredient noun: one of the substances present in a mixture, especially food.
Noun
ingredient (plural ingredients)
ingredient meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
ingredient in Tamil
- சேர்மானம், உள்ளிடுபொருள், உட்பொருள்
ingredient in Urdu
- حصہ, جز, مصالحہ, عنصر
ingredient in Bengali
- ingredient
- উপকরণ upokoron
- an ingredient, an element, component, an item
- অঙ্গ oṅgo
ingredient in Malayalam
- substance present in a mixture
- ചേരുവ cēruva
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- ingredient in Kannada
- ಅಡಕ, ಘಟಕಾಂಶ, ಮಿಶ್ರಣಾಂಶ
- ingredient in Gujarati
- અંગ aṅga
- ingredient in Arabic
- مُقَوِّم muqawwim
- ingredient in Persian
- اجزائ
- ingredient in Vietnamese
- thành phần
Examples of ingredient in a sentence
- The ingredients of a Spanish omelette are potatoes, eggs, onion, and a little salt.
- Patience and understanding are key ingredients for a long-lasting marriage.
- By way of analysis we may proceed from compounds to ingredients.1704, I[saac] N[ewton], “(please specify |book=1 to 3)”, in Opticks: Or, A Treatise of the Reflexions, Refractions, Inflexions and Colours...
- Water is the chief ingredient in all the animal fluids and solids.1731, John Arbuthnot, An Essay Concerning the Nature of Aliments, and the Choice of Them, According to the Different Constitutions of Human...
Synonyms of ingredient
Forms of ingredient
| plural | ingredients |
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Origin of ingredient
From Middle French ingredient, from Latin ingrediens, present participle of ingredior (“to go or enter into or onto”).
Words formed from ingredient
Phrases with ingredient
Questions about ingredient
- What does ingredient mean?
- Ingredient means one of the substances present in a mixture, especially food.
- What is ingredient in Tamil?
- Ingredient in Tamil is சேர்மானம், உள்ளிடுபொருள், உட்பொருள். See Ingredient meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use ingredient in a sentence?
- The ingredients of a Spanish omelette are potatoes, eggs, onion, and a little salt.
- What part of speech is ingredient?
- Ingredient is a noun.
- How do you pronounce ingredient?
- Ingredient is pronounced /ɪnˈɡɹiːdi.ənt/.
- What is the plural of ingredient?
- The plural of ingredient is ingredients.
Words near ingredient in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: ingredient (page history and authors); ingredient (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ingredient (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); অঙ্গ (Bengali) (page history and authors); ingredient (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); અંગ (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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