adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:/njuːˈtɹɪʃ.ə.nəl/
Canada, General-American:/nuˈtɹɪʃ.ə.nəl/
Canada, General-American:/njuˈtɹɪʃ.ə.nəl/
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Australian:/njʉːˈtɹɪʃ.ə.nəl/
CMU ARPABET:N UW0 T R IH1 SH AH0 N AH0 L
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Of, pertaining to, or providing nutrition.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
adjective
Meaning 2
of or relating to or providing nutrition
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
nutritional information
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: nutritionary
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From nutrition + -al.
Across languages
Translations
28 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Asturian:
nutritivu
— pertaining to nutrition
Catalan:
nutritiu
— pertaining to nutrition
Catalan:
nutricional
— pertaining to nutrition
Chinese:
營養 /营养
(yíngyǎng)
— pertaining to nutrition
Chinese:
营养
(yíngyǎng)
— pertaining to nutrition
Danish:
ernæring-
— pertaining to nutrition
Danish:
ernæringsmæssig
— pertaining to nutrition
Dutch:
voedings-
— pertaining to nutrition
Finnish:
ravitsemuksellinen
— pertaining to nutrition
Finnish:
ravitseva
— pertaining to nutrition
French:
alimentaire
— pertaining to nutrition
Galician:
nutricional
— pertaining to nutrition
Georgian:
კვებითი
(ḳvebiti)
— pertaining to nutrition
German:
Ernährungs-
— pertaining to nutrition
Greek:
θρεπτικός
(threptikós)
— pertaining to nutrition
Ido:
nutriva
— pertaining to nutrition
Italian:
nutrizionale
— pertaining to nutrition
Japanese:
栄養の
— pertaining to nutrition
Korean:
영양
(yeong'yang)
— pertaining to nutrition
Latin:
victuālis
— pertaining to nutrition
Norwegian Bokmål:
ernæringsmessig
— pertaining to nutrition
Norwegian Nynorsk:
ernæringsmessig
— pertaining to nutrition
Portuguese:
nutricional
— pertaining to nutrition
Russian:
питательный
(pitatelʹnyj)
— pertaining to nutrition