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nutrition

noun · 5 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.

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Pronunciation

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  • UK: nyo͞o-trĭshʹ-ən
  • UK: /njuːˈtɹɪʃ.ən/
  • Canada, US: no͞o-trĭshʹ-ən
  • Canada, US: nyo͞o-trĭshʹ-ən
  • Canada, US: /nuˈtɹɪʃ.ən/
  • Canada, US: /njuˈtɹɪʃ.ən/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Australian: nyo͞o-trĭshʹ-ən
  • Australian: /njʉːˈtɹɪʃ.ən/
  • rhymes with -ɪʃən
  • CMU ARPABET: N UW0 T R IH1 SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The organic process by which an organism assimilates food and uses it for growth and maintenance.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

Topics: biology, natural-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

That which nourishes; nutriment.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

Examples

  • I accidentally ate a worm which was in my apple - my uncle said the extra nutrition would do me good.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

the scientific study of food and drink (especially in humans)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: science, scientific discipline

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, nourishment, 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

5

noun

Meaning 5

(physiology) the organic process of nourishing or being nourished; the processes by which an organism assimilates food and uses it for growth and maintenance

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: organic process, biological process

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French nutrition, from Old French nutricion, from Latin nutritio.

Across languages

Translations

103 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: ushqim — nutrition
  • Arabic: تَغْذِيَة (taḡḏiya) — nutrition
  • Arabic: غِذَاء (ḡiḏāʔ) — nutrition
  • Arabic: إِطْعَام (ʔiṭʕām) — nutrition
  • Arabic: اِغْتِذَاء (iḡtiḏāʔ) — nutrition
  • Arabic: طَعَام (ṭaʕām) — nutrition
  • Armenian: սնուցում (snucʻum) — nutrition
  • Azerbaijani: qidalanma — nutrition
  • Azerbaijani: qida — nutrition
  • Belarusian: харчава́нне (xarčavánnje) — nutrition
  • Belarusian: харчава́ньне (xarčavánʹnje) — nutrition
  • Bengali: গেজা (geja) — nutrition
  • Bulgarian: хра́нене (hránene) — nutrition
  • Burmese: အာဟာရ (ahara.) — nutrition
  • Chinese Cantonese: 營養 /营养 (jing4 joeng5) — nutrition
  • Chinese: 營養 /营养 (zh-min-nan) — nutrition
  • Chinese Mandarin: 營養 /营养 (yíngyǎng) — nutrition
  • Czech: výživa — nutrition
  • Danish: ernæring — nutrition
  • Dutch: voeding — nutrition
  • Estonian: toitumine — nutrition
  • Finnish: ravitsemus — nutrition
  • French: nutrition — nutrition
  • Galician: nutrición — nutrition
  • Georgian: კვება (ḳveba) — nutrition
  • German: Ernährung — nutrition
  • German: Nahrung — nutrition
  • German: Nutrition — nutrition
  • Greek: διατροφή (diatrofí) — nutrition
  • Greek: θρέψη (thrépsi) — nutrition
  • Hebrew: תְּזוּנָה (t'zuná) — nutrition
  • Hindi: पोषण (poṣaṇ) — nutrition
  • Hindi: खाद्य (khādya) — nutrition
  • Hindi: खाना (khānā) — nutrition
  • Hindi: ग़िज़ा (ġizā) — nutrition
  • Hindi: गिजा (gijā) — nutrition
  • Hungarian: táplálás — nutrition
  • Icelandic: næring — nutrition
  • Indonesian: nutrisi — nutrition
  • Indonesian: gizi — nutrition
  • Irish: oiliúint — nutrition
  • Italian: nutrizione — nutrition
  • Japanese: 営養 (eiyō) — nutrition
  • Japanese: 栄養 (eiyō) — nutrition
  • Kazakh: тамақтандыру (tamaqtandyru) — nutrition
  • Kazakh: азықтану (azyqtanu) — nutrition
  • Kazakh: тамақтану (tamaqtanu) — nutrition
  • Kazakh: тағам (tağam) — nutrition
  • Kazakh: тамақ (tamaq) — nutrition
  • Khmer: បោសនា (paosaʼnaa) — nutrition
  • Korean: 영양 (yeong'yang) — nutrition
  • Kyrgyz: азыктандыруу (azıktandıruu) — nutrition
  • Kyrgyz: азыктануу (azıktanuu) — nutrition
  • Kyrgyz: тоюттандыруу (toyuttandıruu) — nutrition
  • Kyrgyz: тоюттануу (toyuttanuu) — nutrition
  • Lao: ໂພຊະນາການ (phō sa nā kān) — nutrition
  • Lao: ໂພຊະນາ (phō sa nā) — nutrition
  • Latvian: uzturs — nutrition
  • Lithuanian: mityba — nutrition
  • Macedonian: исхрана (ishrana) — nutrition
  • Macedonian: прехрана (prehrana) — nutrition
  • Malayalam: പോഷണം (pōṣaṇaṁ) — nutrition
  • Māori: taioranga — nutrition
  • Norwegian Bokmål: ernæring — nutrition
  • Iranian Persian: تَغْذِیِه (taġziye) — nutrition
  • Iranian Persian: غِذا (ġezâ) — nutrition
  • Iranian Persian: غَذا (ġazâ) — nutrition
  • Iranian Persian: طَعام (ta'âm) — nutrition
  • Polish: żywienie — nutrition
  • Polish: pożywienie — nutrition
  • Polish: odżywianie — nutrition
  • Portuguese: nutrição — nutrition
  • Romanian: nutrire — nutrition
  • Romanian: nutriție — nutrition
  • Russian: пита́ние (pitánije) — nutrition
  • Serbo-Croatian: и̏схрана — nutrition
  • Serbo-Croatian: пре̏храна — nutrition
  • Serbo-Croatian: ȉshrana — nutrition
  • Serbo-Croatian: prȅhrana — nutrition
  • Slovak: výživa — nutrition
  • Slovene: prehrana — nutrition
  • Spanish: nutrición — nutrition
  • Swedish: näring — nutrition
  • Tagalog: nutrisyon — nutrition
  • Tagalog: paniyahan — nutrition
  • Tagalog: paniya — nutrition
  • Tajik: ғизо (ġizo) — nutrition
  • Tajik: хӯрок (xürok) — nutrition
  • Tajik: тағзия (taġziya) — nutrition
  • Tajik: таом (taom) — nutrition
  • Thai: โภชนาการ (poo-chá-naa-gaan) — nutrition
  • Thai: โภชนา (poo-chá-naa) — nutrition
  • Turkish: beslenme — nutrition
  • Turkmen: iýmitlenmek — nutrition
  • Ukrainian: харчува́ння (xarčuvánnja) — nutrition
  • Urdu: غِذائِیَت (ġizāiyat) — nutrition
  • Urdu: غِذا (ġizā) — nutrition
  • Urdu: کھانا (khānā) — nutrition
  • Uzbek: boqish — nutrition
  • Uzbek: oziqlanish — nutrition
  • Uzbek: gʻizo — nutrition
  • Vietnamese: sự dinh dưỡng — nutrition
  • Vietnamese: dinh dưỡng — nutrition
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