Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nutrition

/nuˈtɹɪʃ.ən/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.10 in modern English

Syllables: nu-tri-tion
IPA: /nuˈtɹɪʃ.ən/

9

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The organic process by which an organism assimilates food and uses it for growth and maintenance.

Uncountable

noun

The academic discipline around the scientific study of this process.

Uncountable

noun

That which nourishes; nutriment.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"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; […]"
"Proper nutrition – and even more important, proper hydration – is crucial in preventing and recovering from both fevers and colds."
"I accidentally ate a worm which was in my apple - my uncle said the extra nutrition would do me good."

Etymology

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

Origin

Source language: Old French

Word Breakdown

Root: nutricion, nutritio

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /nuˈtɹɪʃ.ən/
British English: /njuːˈtɹɪʃ.ən/

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

nutritions (plural)

Derived Forms

chrononutrition denutrition ethnonutrition hypernutrition hyponutrition immunonutrition innutrition macronutrition malnutrition micronutrition misnutrition nutrigenomics

Frequently Paired Words

nutrient nutritious nutriture

Synonyms

nutriment nourishment sustenance aliment alimentation victuals

Rhymes With

position addition competition commission mission condition edition definition opposition permission tradition recognition

Questions

How do you pronounce nutrition?: The recorded pronunciation is /nuˈtɹɪʃ.ən/.
What does nutrition mean?: The organic process by which an organism assimilates food and uses it for growth and maintenance.
Where does nutrition come from?: It is traced to Old French.

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