nutrient
/ˈnjuː.tɹi.ənt/US/ˈnuː.tɹi.ənt/
nutrient noun: a source of nourishment, such as food, that can be metabolized by an organism to give energy and build tissue.
Noun
nutrient (plural nutrients)
- 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
Adjective
nutrient (comparative more nutrient, superlative most nutrient)
- Providing nourishment.
nutrient meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Kannada
nutrient in Tamil
- ஊட்டமுள்ள, ஊட்டம், சத்து, உணவுச்சத்து, ஊட்டச்சத்து, போசணைப்பொருள்
nutrient in Urdu
- غذابخش, غذا بردار, مغزی, مقوی
nutrient in Bengali
- পুষ্টিকর পদার্থ, পুষ্টিদায়ক
nutrient in Kannada
- ಪುಷ್ಟಿದಾಯಕ, ಪೌಷ್ಟಿಕ ದ್ರವ್ಯ, ಪೌಷ್ಟಿಕಾಹಾರ, ಪೋಷಕಾಹಾರ, ಆರಯ್ವ
More languagesFewer languages
- nutrient in Tagalog
- kapaniya, sustansya
- nutrient in Arabic
- مُغَذٍّ muḡaḏḏin, المُغَذِّي al-muḡaḏḏī
- nutrient in Indonesian
- gizi, nutrien
- nutrient in Thai
- สารอาหาร sǎan-aa-hǎan
- nutrient in Vietnamese
- chất dinh dưỡng, dưỡng chất
Examples of nutrient in a sentence
- Nutrients and oxygen obtained by the mother are conveyed to the fetus.
- Applying crop rotation to a field avoids depleting soil nutrients the way repeated use of a single crop might do.
- Some animals reingest their own faeces to extract further nutrients.
Synonyms of nutrient
Forms of nutrient
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | nutrients |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more nutrient |
| superlative | most nutrient |
Origin of nutrient
Borrowed from Latin nūtriēns, present participle of nūtriō (“to suckle, nourish, foster”).
Words formed from nutrient
Questions about nutrient
- What does nutrient mean?
- Nutrient means a source of nourishment, such as food, that can be metabolized by an organism to give energy and build tissue.
- What is nutrient in Tamil?
- Nutrient in Tamil is ஊட்டமுள்ள, ஊட்டம், சத்து. See Nutrient meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is nutrient?
- Nutrient can be a noun or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce nutrient?
- Nutrient is pronounced /ˈnjuː.tɹi.ənt/ (UK).
- What is the plural of nutrient?
- The plural of nutrient is nutrients.
Words near nutrient in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: nutrient (page history and authors); nutrient (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); nutrient (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); nutrient (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); nutrient (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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