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nutrition

/njuːˈtɹɪʃ.ən/ UK
/nuˈtɹɪʃ.ən/ Canada, US
/njuˈtɹɪʃ.ən/ Canada, US
/njʉːˈtɹɪʃ.ən/ Australia

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Where it comes from

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

noun nutritions

uncountable, usually The organic process by which an organism assimilates food and uses it for growth and maintenance. In the dead state all is apparently without motion. No agent within indicates design, intelligence, or foresight: there is no respiration; no digestion, circulation, or nutrition; […]
uncountable, usually The academic discipline around the scientific study of this process.
uncountable, usually That which nourishes; nutriment. I accidentally ate a worm which was in my apple - my uncle said the extra nutrition would do me good.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: nutrient, trophism, dietetics, nutritionist, dietitian, dietetic, dietary, diet, undernutrition, nutritive, nutritious, nourishment, food, feeding, fodder, feeder

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noun nutrition

Español	nutrición
한국어	영양 yeong'yang
日本語	営養 eiyō, 栄養 eiyō
中文	營養 /营养 yíngyǎng
हिन्दी	पोषण poṣaṇ, खाद्य khādya, खाना khānā, ग़िज़ा ġizā, गिजा gijā
Português	nutrição
Français	nutrition
Deutsch	Ernährung, Nahrung, Nutrition
Italiano	nutrizione
Ελληνικά	διατροφή diatrofí, θρέψη thrépsi
Română	nutrire, nutriție
Русский	пита́ние pitánije
Tiếng Việt	sự dinh dưỡng, dinh dưỡng
العربية	تَغْذِيَة taḡḏiya, غِذَاء ḡiḏāʔ, إِطْعَام ʔiṭʕām, اِغْتِذَاء iḡtiḏāʔ, طَعَام ṭaʕām
עברית	תְּזוּנָה t'zuná

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"nutrition." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/nutrition. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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nutrition. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/nutrition

Chicago

"nutrition." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/nutrition.

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@misc{nutrition_2026,
  title = {nutrition},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/nutrition},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}