nutritive
English
Etymology
From Middle French nutritif, from Late Latin nūtritīvus, from the participle stem of Latin nūtriō (“I suckle”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈnjuːtɹətɪv/
Adjective
nutritive (comparative more nutritive, superlative most nutritive)
- Of or pertaining to nutrition.
- Nourishing, providing nutrition.
- 1789, Erasmus Darwin, The Loves of the Plants, J. Johnson, p. 110:
- The juice of the ripe grape is a nutritive and agreeable food, consisting chiefly of sugar and mucilage.
- 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 355:
- D'Argenson reckoned that its consumption held up so well in times of high prices because the poor thought that it had nutritive value.
- 1789, Erasmus Darwin, The Loves of the Plants, J. Johnson, p. 110:
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Translations
of or pertaining to nutrition
German
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Adjective
nutritive
- inflection of nutritiv:
- strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
- strong nominative/accusative plural
- weak nominative all-gender singular
- weak accusative feminine/neuter singular
Interlingua
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