vitamin

UK/ˈvɪt.ə.mɪn//ˈvaɪ.tə.mɪn/

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vitamin noun: any of a specific group of organic compounds essential in small quantities for healthy human growth, metabolism, development, and body function. They are found in minute amounts in plant and animal foods or sometimes produced synthetically, and deficiencies of specific vitamins produce specific disorders.

Noun

vitamin (plural vitamins)

Any of a specific group of organic compounds essential in small quantities for healthy human growth, metabolism, development, and body function. They are found in minute amounts in plant and animal foods or sometimes produced synthetically, and deficiencies of specific vitamins produce specific disorders.
- a food rich in vitamins
(figuratively, informal) preceding a word or its initial letter, to imply that the referent benefits health or wellness
- Vitamin N: The Essential Guide to a Nature-Rich Life
- I just follow three three Cs: clean living, chewing thoroughly, and a daily dose of vitamin Church

Verb

vitamin (third-person singular simple present vitamins, present participle vitamining, simple past and past participle vitamined)

(dated, transitive) To fortify with vitamins.

vitamin meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

vitamin in Hindi

organic compound essential to human health: विटामिन viṭāmin, जीवसत्त्व jīvsattva

vitamin in Tamil

உயிர்ச்சத்து

vitamin in Marathi

organic compound essential to human health: जीवसत्त्व jīvsattva

vitamin in Urdu

organic compound essential to human health: حَیَاتِین hayātīn, وٹامن viṭāmin

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vitamin in Bengali: ভিটামিন bhiṭamin
vitamin in Telugu: విటమిన్, విటామినింగ్
vitamin in Malayalam: ജീവകം jīvakaṁ
vitamin in Kannada: ಬಾಳುಳುಪು, ಜೀವಸತ್ವ, ಅನ್ನಾಂಗ
vitamin in Punjabi: ਵਿਟਾਮਾਈਨਿੰਗ, ਵਿਟਾਮਿਨਿੰਗ, ਵਿਟਾਮੀਨਿੰਗ
vitamin in Gujarati: પ્રજીવક prajīvak
vitamin in Odia: ଭିଟାମିନିଂ, ଭିଟାମାଇନିଂ, ଭିଟାମିନିଙ୍ଗ୍
vitamin in Sanskrit: जीवसत्त्व jīvasattva
vitamin in Sinhala: විටමින් wiṭamin
vitamin in Nepali: भिटामिन bhiṭāmin
vitamin in Tagalog: bitamina
vitamin in Arabic: فِيتَامِين fitamīn
vitamin in Malay: vitamin
vitamin in Indonesian: vitamin
vitamin in Persian: ویتامین vitâmin
vitamin in Thai: วิตามิน wí-dtaa-min, ไวตามิน wai-dtaa-min
vitamin in Vietnamese: sinh tố, vi ta min
vitamin in Myanmar: ဗီတာမင် bitamang
Dhivehi: ވިޓަމިން viṭamin̊

Examples of vitamin in a sentence

Vitamins, minerals, and essential fatty acids must come from either the diet or supplements.
She eats a balanced diet, but takes vitamin pills anyway, to cover her bases.
My diet is deficient in vitamin D.

All 40 example sentences with vitamin

Forms of vitamin

Noun
plural	vitamins
alternative form (obsolete)	vitamine
Verb
third-person singular present	vitamins
present participle	vitamining
past participle	vitamined
past	vitamined

Plural of vitamin: vitamins

Origin of vitamin

First use appears c. 1920, originally vitamine (1912), from Latin vīta (“life”) (see vital) + amine (see amino acids). Vitamine coined by Polish biochemist Casimir Funk after the initial discovery of aberic acid (thiamine), when it was thought that all such nutrients would be amines. The term had become ubiquitous by the time it was discovered that vitamin C, among others, had no amine component. In 1920, British biochemist Jack Drummond proposed that the final -e be dropped to deemphasize the amine reference. The ending -in was acceptable because it was used for natural substances of undefined composition. Drummond also introduced the lettering system of nomenclature (Vitamin A, B, C, etc.) at this same time.

Questions about vitamin

What does vitamin mean?: Vitamin means any of a specific group of organic compounds essential in small quantities for healthy human growth, metabolism, development, and body function. They are found in minute amounts in plant and animal foods or sometimes produced synthetically, and deficiencies of specific vitamins produce specific disorders.
What is vitamin in Hindi?: Vitamin in Hindi is विटामिन (viṭāmin), जीवसत्त्व (jīvsattva). See Vitamin meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is vitamin?: Vitamin can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce vitamin?: Vitamin is pronounced /ˈvɪt.ə.mɪn/ (UK).
What is the plural of vitamin?: The plural of vitamin is vitamins.

Words near vitamin in the dictionary

Adapted from Wiktionary: vitamin (page history and authors); vitamin (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); vitamin (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); vitamin (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); vitamin (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); vitamin (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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