Standard Lemma guide

nourishing

adj · verb · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • CMU ARPABET: N ER1 IH0 SH IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

That provides nourishment; nutritious.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

present participle and gerund of nourish

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective satellite

Meaning 3

of or providing nourishment

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • good nourishing stew

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: alimentary, alimental, nutrient, nutritious, nutritive

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

28 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: хранителен (hranitelen) — that provides nourishment
  • Catalan: nodridor — that provides nourishment
  • Chinese Mandarin: 滋補 /滋补 (zībǔ) — that provides nourishment
  • Dutch: voedzaam — that provides nourishment
  • Finnish: nutritiivinen — that provides nourishment
  • Finnish: tanakka — that provides nourishment
  • German: nahrhaft — that provides nourishment
  • German: ernährend — that provides nourishment
  • Greek: θρεπτικός (threptikós) — that provides nourishment
  • Ancient Greek: θρεπτικός (threptikós) — that provides nourishment
  • Ancient Greek: τρόφιμος (tróphimos) — that provides nourishment
  • Hindi: पोषक (poṣak) — that provides nourishment
  • Hindi: पौष्टिक (pauṣṭik) — that provides nourishment
  • Hungarian: tápláló — that provides nourishment
  • Ido: nutranta — that provides nourishment
  • Ido: nutriva — that provides nourishment
  • Irish: cothabhálach — that provides nourishment
  • Irish: beathúil — that provides nourishment
  • Italian: nutriente — that provides nourishment
  • Italian: fortificante — that provides nourishment
  • Latin: almus — that provides nourishment
  • Latin: nutricius — that provides nourishment
  • Maltese: sustanzjuż — that provides nourishment
  • Polish: pożywny — that provides nourishment
  • Portuguese: nutritivo — that provides nourishment
  • Romanian: nutritiv — that provides nourishment
  • Romanian: nutritor — that provides nourishment
  • Sanskrit: पोषण (poṣaṇa) — that provides nourishment