Phrase guide

dietary supplement

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

Any substance, such as a vitamin or mineral, taken as a supplement to food to replace nutrients that would otherwise be missing in a person's diet.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: medicine, sciences

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noun

Meaning 2

something added to complete a diet or to make up for a dietary deficiency

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: diet

Narrower terms: vitamin pill

History

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Across languages

Translations

14 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 膳食補充劑 /膳食补充剂 (shànshí bǔchōngjì) — substance taken as a supplement to food to replace nutrients
  • Danish: kosttilskud — substance taken as a supplement to food to replace nutrients
  • Dutch: voedingssupplement — substance taken as a supplement to food to replace nutrients
  • Finnish: ravintolisä — substance taken as a supplement to food to replace nutrients
  • French: complément alimentaire — substance taken as a supplement to food to replace nutrients
  • Georgian: საკვები დანამატი (saḳvebi danamaṭi) — substance taken as a supplement to food to replace nutrients
  • German: Nahrungsergänzungsmittel — substance taken as a supplement to food to replace nutrients
  • Hungarian: étrend-kiegészítő — substance taken as a supplement to food to replace nutrients
  • Hungarian: táplálékkiegészítő — substance taken as a supplement to food to replace nutrients
  • Italian: integratore alimentare — substance taken as a supplement to food to replace nutrients
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kosttilskudd — substance taken as a supplement to food to replace nutrients
  • Polish: suplement diety — substance taken as a supplement to food to replace nutrients
  • Spanish: suplemento dietético — substance taken as a supplement to food to replace nutrients
  • Swedish: kosttillskott — substance taken as a supplement to food to replace nutrients