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nutritionist

/njuːˈtɹɪʃ.ənɪst/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.90 in modern English

Syllables
nu-tri-tion-ist
IPA
/njuːˈtɹɪʃ.ənɪst/
12
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An expert or specialist in nutrition.

Etymology

Etymology tree English nutrition Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English nutritionist From nutrition + -ist (“person”).

Inflected Forms

nutritionists (plural) nutritionalist (alternative, rare)

Frequently Paired Words

nutritionism

Rhymes With

exhibitionist

Questions

How do you pronounce nutritionist?
The recorded pronunciation is /njuːˈtɹɪʃ.ənɪst/.
What does nutritionist mean?
An expert or specialist in nutrition.
Where does nutritionist come from?
Etymology tree English nutrition Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English nutritionist From nutrition + -ist (“person”).

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