nourishment

nourishment

English

Etymology

From Middle English norisshement, from Middle French, from Old French norissement, from norrir.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, NYC) IPA^(key): /ˈnʌɹɪʃmənt/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈnɝɪʃmənt/, /ˈnʊɹɪʃmənt/
• Hyphenation: nour‧ish‧ment

Noun

nourishment (countable and uncountable, plural nourishments)

1. The act of nourishing or the state of being nourished
2. Something that nourishes; food

Translations

the act of nourishing or the state of being nourished

Armenian: սնուցում (hy) (snucʿum) Bulgarian: хранене (bg) n (hranene) Finnish: ravitseminen (fi), ravituksi tuleminen Galician: mantenza (gl) f German: Ernährung (de) f Hungarian: táplálás (hu) Latin: nūtrimen n, nūtrimentum n Russian: кормле́ние (ru) (kormlénije), пита́ние (ru) (pitánije) Sanskrit: भरीमन् (sa) n (bharīman)

something that nourishes; food

Afrikaans: voedingskrag Albanian: ushqim (sq) f Bulgarian: храна (bg) f (hrana) Chinese: Mandarin: 營養／营养 (zh) (yíngyǎng) Egyptian: (šbw) Finnish: ravinto (fi) French: nourriture (fr) f Galician: mantenza (gl) f, alimento (gl) m Georgian: კვების (ḳvebis) German: Nahrung (de) f, Ernährung (de) f Greek: Ancient: τροφή f (trophḗ) Haitian Creole: nouriti Hebrew: מָזוֹן‎‎ m (mazón) Hungarian: táplálék (hu), tápanyag (hu) Japanese: 栄養 (ja) (えいよう, eiyō) Lao: ອາຫານ (lo) (ʼā hān) Latin: nūtrimen n, nūtrimentum n Mirandese: alimiento m Norwegian: ernæring (no) m or f Plautdietsch: Äten n Polish: pożywienie (pl) n Portuguese: sustância f, sustança (pt) f, alimento (pt) m Russian: пита́ние (ru) n (pitánije) Swedish: näring (sv) c Vietnamese: dinh dưỡng (vi) Yiddish: דערנערונג‎ f (dernerung)

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