nutrien

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch nutriënt, from Latin nūtriēns, present participle of nūtriō (I suckle, nourish, foster).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nuˈtriɛn/
  • Rhymes: -ɛn, -n
  • Hyphenation: nu‧tri‧èn

Noun

nutrièn (plural nutrien-nutrien, first-person possessive nutrienku, second-person possessive nutrienmu, third-person possessive nutriennya)

  1. nutrient: A source of nourishment, such as food, that can be metabolized by an organism to give energy and build tissue.

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References

  1. Nicoline van der Sijs (2010) Nederlandse woorden wereldwijd, Den Haag: Sdu Uitgevers, →ISBN, OCLC 687330964

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