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nourishment

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • New-York-City, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈnʌɹɪʃmənt/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ˈnɝɪʃmənt/
  • General-American: /ˈnʊɹɪʃmənt/
  • CMU ARPABET: N ER1 IH0 SH M AH0 N T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The act of nourishing or the state of being nourished.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Something that nourishes; food.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

the act of nourishing

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • her nourishment of the orphans saved many lives

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: care, attention, aid, tending

4

noun

Meaning 4

a source of materials to nourish the body

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: nutriment, nutrition, sustenance, aliment, alimentation, victuals

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: food, nutrient

Narrower terms: milk, course, dainty, delicacy, goody, kickshaw, treat, dish, fast food, finger food, ingesta, kosher, meal, repast, mess, mince, puree, stodge, wheat germ, vitamin

History

Etymology

From Middle English norisshement, from Middle French, from Old French norissement, from norrir, equivalent to nourish + -ment.

Across languages

Translations

51 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: սնուցում (snucʻum) — the act of nourishing or the state of being nourished
  • Bulgarian: хранене (hranene) — the act of nourishing or the state of being nourished
  • Finnish: ravitseminen — the act of nourishing or the state of being nourished
  • Finnish: ravituksi tuleminen — the act of nourishing or the state of being nourished
  • Galician: mantenza — the act of nourishing or the state of being nourished
  • German: Ernährung — the act of nourishing or the state of being nourished
  • Hindi: पोषण (poṣaṇ) — the act of nourishing or the state of being nourished
  • Hungarian: táplálás — the act of nourishing or the state of being nourished
  • Latin: nūtrimen — the act of nourishing or the state of being nourished
  • Latin: nūtrimentum — the act of nourishing or the state of being nourished
  • Portuguese: nutrição — the act of nourishing or the state of being nourished
  • Russian: кормле́ние (kormlénije) — the act of nourishing or the state of being nourished
  • Russian: пита́ние (pitánije) — the act of nourishing or the state of being nourished
  • Sanskrit: भरीमन् (bharīman) — the act of nourishing or the state of being nourished
  • Vietnamese: sự nuôi dưỡng — the act of nourishing or the state of being nourished
  • Afrikaans: voedingskrag — something that nourishes; food
  • Albanian: ushqim — something that nourishes; food
  • Bulgarian: храна (hrana) — something that nourishes; food
  • Chinese Mandarin: 營養 /营养 (yíngyǎng) — something that nourishes; food
  • Egyptian: S-b-w-X2:W22 (šbw) — something that nourishes; food
  • Finnish: ravinto — something that nourishes; food
  • French: nourriture — something that nourishes; food
  • Galician: mantenza — something that nourishes; food
  • Galician: alimento — something that nourishes; food
  • Georgian: კვების (ḳvebis) — something that nourishes; food
  • German: Nahrung — something that nourishes; food
  • German: Ernährung — something that nourishes; food
  • Ancient Greek: τροφή (trophḗ) — something that nourishes; food
  • Haitian Creole: nouriti — something that nourishes; food
  • Hebrew: מָזוֹן (mazón) — something that nourishes; food
  • Hindi: पोषाहार (poṣāhār) — something that nourishes; food
  • Hindi: पोषण (poṣaṇ) — something that nourishes; food
  • Hungarian: táplálék — something that nourishes; food
  • Hungarian: tápanyag — something that nourishes; food
  • Japanese: 栄養 (eiyō) — something that nourishes; food
  • Lao: ອາຫານ (ʼā hān) — something that nourishes; food
  • Latin: nūtrimen — something that nourishes; food
  • Latin: nūtrimentum — something that nourishes; food
  • Latin: sagīna — something that nourishes; food
  • Mirandese: alimiento — something that nourishes; food
  • Norwegian: ernæring — something that nourishes; food
  • Plautdietsch: Äten — something that nourishes; food
  • Polish: pożywienie — something that nourishes; food
  • Portuguese: sustância — something that nourishes; food
  • Portuguese: sustança — something that nourishes; food
  • Portuguese: alimento — something that nourishes; food
  • Russian: пита́ние (pitánije) — something that nourishes; food
  • Spanish: pábulo — something that nourishes; food
  • Swedish: näring — something that nourishes; food
  • Vietnamese: dinh dưỡng — something that nourishes; food
  • Yiddish: דערנערונג (dernerung) — something that nourishes; food