nourishment
Syllables: nour·ish·ment/ˈnʌɹɪʃmənt/US/ˈnɝɪʃmənt/
nourishment noun: the act of nourishing or the state of being nourished.
Noun
nourishment (countable and uncountable, plural nourishments)
- The act of nourishing or the state of being nourished.
- Something that nourishes; food.
- The Oriental Synagogue, continuing to draw musical nourishment from Semitic-Oriental sources.1929, Abraham Zevi Idelsohn, Jewish Music: Its Historical Development, page 133
- 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 2021
nourishment meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
nourishment in Hindi
- the act of nourishing or the state of being nourished
- पोषण poṣaṇ
- something that nourishes; food
- पोषाहार poṣāhār, पोषण poṣaṇ
nourishment in Tamil
- உணவு ஊட்டம்
nourishment in Urdu
- غذا, غذائیت, مقوی, پرورش
nourishment in Bengali
- পুষ্টি, খাদ্য
More languagesFewer languages
- nourishment in Malayalam
- ആഹാരം, തീൻ, ഭോജ്യം, പുഷ്ടി
- nourishment in Kannada
- ಪೋಷಕಾಹಾರ, ಪೋಷಣೆ, ಪಾಲನೆ, ಆರೈಕೆ
- nourishment in Punjabi
- غذا ġaẕā, ਗ਼ਜ਼ਾ ġazā, ਸੰਭਾਲ਼ sambhāḷ
- nourishment in Sanskrit
- भरीमन् bharīman
- nourishment in Vietnamese
- sự nuôi dưỡng, dinh dưỡng
Examples of nourishment in a sentence
- They require little care because they pull moisture from the air for nourishment.
- My desperate hunger and thirst for educational nourishment from my pals was intensified.
- Religion serves as a guide, as nourishment, as invigorant to good education.
Synonyms of nourishment
Forms of nourishment
| plural | nourishments |
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Origin of nourishment
From Middle English norisshement, from Middle French, from Old French norissement, from norrir, equivalent to nourish + -ment.
Words formed from nourishment
Questions about nourishment
- What does nourishment mean?
- Nourishment means the act of nourishing or the state of being nourished.
- What is nourishment in Hindi?
- Nourishment in Hindi is पोषण (poṣaṇ), पोषाहार (poṣāhār). See Nourishment meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is nourishment?
- Nourishment is a noun.
- How do you pronounce nourishment?
- Nourishment is pronounced /ˈnʌɹɪʃmənt/ (UK).
- What is the plural of nourishment?
- The plural of nourishment is nourishments.
Words near nourishment in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: nourishment (page history and authors); nourishment (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); nourishment (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); nourishment (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); nourishment (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); nourishment (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); غذا (Punjabi) (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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