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)

1. Of or pertaining to nutrition.
2. Nourishing, providing nutrition.
   • 1789, Erasmus Darwin, The Loves of the Plants, J. Johnson, page 110:

     The juice of the ripe grape is a nutritive and agreeable food, consisting chiefly of sugar and mucilage.

   • 1892, Ella Eaton Kellogg, “Vegetables”, in Science in the Kitchen: A Scientific Treatise on Food Substances and Their Dietetic Properties, Together with a Practical Explanation of the Principles of Healthful Cookery, and a Large Number of Original, Palatable, and Wholesome Recipes‎^[1], Revised edition, Michigan: Health Publishing Company, page 243:

     The percentage of nutritive elements contained in the parsnip is very small; so small, indeed, that one pound of parsnips affords hardly one fifth of an ounce of nitrogenous or muscle-forming material.

   • 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 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.

Synonyms

• nutritional

Antonyms

• nonnutritive

Derived terms

• antinutritive
• innutritive
• nutritively

Translations

of or pertaining to nutrition

nourishing, providing nutrition

• Finnish: nutritiivinen
• Irish: beathúil
• Italian: nutriente (it), nutritivo (it)
• Polish: spożywczy (pl)
• Portuguese: nutritivo (pt) m

Noun

nutritive (plural nutritives)

1. (archaic) A nutrient.

Anagrams

• vetturini

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ny.tʁi.tiv/

Adjective

nutritive

1. feminine singular of nutritif

German

Pronunciation

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Adjective

nutritive

1. inflection of nutritiv:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Interlingua

Adjective

nutritive (comparative plus nutritive, superlative le plus nutritive)

1. nutritious

Related terms

• nutriente
• nutrimento
• nutrition

Italian

Adjective

nutritive f

1. feminine plural of nutritivo

Anagrams

• nutritevi, vetturini