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nutritive

/ˈnuːtɹətɪv/NOO-truh-tiv
/ˈnutɹətɪv/NOO-truh-tiv

Meaningnourishing

Common meaning: relating to nourishment

Journey through time

  1. Latinnutrire‘to nourish’source
  2. Frenchnutritif‘nutritive’source
  3. Englishnutritive‘relating to nourishment’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin nūtriō; nūtrīx ‘to suckle, nourish’.

Roots

Related words

nourishnursenurturenutrientnutritionnutritious

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