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nutritious

adj · 3 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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  • Received-Pronunciation: /njuːˈtɹɪʃəs/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: /nuːˈtɹɪʃəs/
  • rhymes with -ɪʃəs
  • CMU ARPABET: N UW0 T R IH1 SH AH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Providing nutrients; healthy to eat or drink.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: nourishing, nutritive

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Salutary.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively

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, nourishing, nutrient, nutritive

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin nūtrītius, from nūtrītus, from nūtrīre.

Across languages

Translations

55 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مُغَذٍّ (muḡaḏḏin) — providing nutrients
  • Asturian: nutritivu — providing nutrients
  • Asturian: alimentador — providing nutrients
  • Asturian: alimenticiu — providing nutrients
  • Bengali: পুষ্টিকর (puśṭikor) — providing nutrients
  • Catalan: nutritiu — providing nutrients
  • Catalan: nutrient — providing nutrients
  • Catalan: nutrici — providing nutrients
  • Catalan: alimentós — providing nutrients
  • Catalan: alimentador — providing nutrients
  • Chinese Mandarin: 有營養 /有营养 (yǒu yíngyǎng) — providing nutrients
  • Czech: výživný — providing nutrients
  • Danish: næringsrig — providing nutrients
  • Danish: nærende — providing nutrients
  • Dutch: voedzaam — providing nutrients
  • Finnish: ravitseva — providing nutrients
  • Finnish: ravinteikas — providing nutrients
  • French: nutritif — providing nutrients
  • Galician: nutritivo — providing nutrients
  • Galician: nutriente — providing nutrients
  • Galician: alimenticio — providing nutrients
  • Galician: alimentador — providing nutrients
  • German: nahrhaft — providing nutrients
  • Greek: θρεπτικός (threptikós) — providing nutrients
  • Ancient Greek: τρόφιμος (tróphimos) — providing nutrients
  • Hebrew: מֵזִין (mezín) — providing nutrients
  • Hindi: पोषक (poṣak) — providing nutrients
  • Hindi: पौष्टिक (pauṣṭik) — providing nutrients
  • Hungarian: tápláló — providing nutrients
  • Ido: nutriva — providing nutrients
  • Ido: nutranta — providing nutrients
  • Irish: beathúil — providing nutrients
  • Italian: nutriente — providing nutrients
  • Latin: nūtrīcius — providing nutrients
  • Norwegian Bokmål: næringsrik — providing nutrients
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: næringsrik — providing nutrients
  • Polish: pożywny — providing nutrients
  • Polish: odżywczy — providing nutrients
  • Portuguese: nutritivo — providing nutrients
  • Portuguese: nutriente — providing nutrients
  • Portuguese: nutritício — providing nutrients
  • Portuguese: alimentoso — providing nutrients
  • Portuguese: alimentício — providing nutrients
  • Russian: пита́тельный (pitátelʹnyj) — providing nutrients
  • Sikkimese: བཅུད་ཅན (bcud can) — providing nutrients
  • Spanish: nutritivo — providing nutrients
  • Spanish: nutriente — providing nutrients
  • Spanish: alimentoso — providing nutrients
  • Spanish: alimentador — providing nutrients
  • Spanish: alimenticio — providing nutrients
  • Swedish: näringsrik — providing nutrients
  • Swedish: näringsriktig — providing nutrients
  • Tagalog: mapaniya — providing nutrients
  • Tagalog: masustansya — providing nutrients
  • Turkish: besleyici — providing nutrients
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