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superfood

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • General-American: /ˈsupɚfud/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

Any food purported to confer remarkable health benefits.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • 2015, Sonoma Press, Quinoa: The Everyday Superfood: 150 Gluten-Free Recipes to Delight Every Kind of Eater, Arcas Publishing →ISBN There's a lot of interesting stuff to know about this superfood, but you don't have to learn everything about quinoa to know it's delicious, versatile, and easy to make. In fact, you can cook and eat quinoa like just about any grain, even though it [...]

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Any food which provides a very concentrated source of protein, fats, or other nutritional necessities.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Italic *super Latin super Latin super-lbor. English super- Proto-Indo-European *peh2-der. Proto-Germanic *fōdô Old English fōda Middle English fode English food English superfood From super- + food.

Across languages

Translations

14 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: superaliment — food supposed to confer remarkable health benefits
  • Chinese Mandarin: 超級食品 /超级食品 (chāojí shípǐn) — food supposed to confer remarkable health benefits
  • Czech: superpotravina — food supposed to confer remarkable health benefits
  • Finnish: superruoka — food supposed to confer remarkable health benefits
  • French: super-aliment — food supposed to confer remarkable health benefits
  • French: superaliment — food supposed to confer remarkable health benefits
  • German: Super-Lebensmittel — food supposed to confer remarkable health benefits
  • German: Supernahrungsmittel — food supposed to confer remarkable health benefits
  • Greek: υπερτροφή (ypertrofí) — food supposed to confer remarkable health benefits
  • Italian: super-alimento — food supposed to confer remarkable health benefits
  • Italian: superalimento — food supposed to confer remarkable health benefits
  • Italian: supercibo — food supposed to confer remarkable health benefits
  • Portuguese: superalimento — food supposed to confer remarkable health benefits
  • Spanish: superalimento — food supposed to confer remarkable health benefits