nutritious
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nutritious
- /njuːˈtɹɪʃəs/ UK
- /nuːˈtɹɪʃəs/ US
Rhymes with -ɪʃəs
Where it comes from
Learned borrowing from Latin nūtrītius, from nūtrītus, from nūtrīre.
adjective more nutritious · most nutritious
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Providing nutrients; healthy to eat or drink.
Similar: nourishing, nutritive
- Salutary. A cumbrous, circuitous, and often a sophisticative mode of commenting upon the Prophets, and of darkening their meaning, had taken the place of what might have been a nutritious popular instruction.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: nutritive, nourishing, alimentary, nutrient, wholesome, nutritional, nourishment, dietary, food, nutrition, water, mineral, healthy, nutrients, alimentative, nurturant
Translations
Every language
adj providing nutrients
| Español | nutritivo, nutriente, alimentoso, alimentador, alimenticio |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 有營養 /有营养 yǒu yíngyǎng |
| हिन्दी | पोषक poṣak, पौष्टिक pauṣṭik |
| Português | nutritivo, nutriente, nutritício, alimentoso, alimentício |
| Français | nutritif |
| Deutsch | nahrhaft |
| Italiano | nutriente |
| Ελληνικά | θρεπτικός threptikós |
| Русский | пита́тельный pitátelʹnyj |
| العربية | مُغَذٍّ muḡaḏḏin |
| עברית | מֵזִין mezín |
Talk about this word "nutritious." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/nutritious. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. nutritious. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/nutritious "nutritious." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/nutritious.Cite this
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title = {nutritious},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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