Nutrient

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized

ˈnjuː.tɹi.ənt

Definitions

A source of nourishment, such as food, that can be metabolized by an organism to give energy and build tissue.

Equivalents

Españolnutriente

Françaisnutriment nutritif

DeutschBaustoff nahrhaft Nährstoff

23 more languages

العربيةالمغذّي مغذ مغذّي

Българскихранителен

Bosanskiživina

Češtinaživina

Dansknæringsstof

Suomiravinne ravintoaine ravitseva

Hrvatskiživina

Bahasa Indonesiagizi hara nutriennutrisi

Italianonutriente principe nutritivo

日本語ようぶん栄養栄養素養分

Қазақ тіліжұғым

한국어영양소

Македонскихранлив

Nederlandsnutriënt voedingsmiddel voedingsstofvoedsel

Polskiskładnik odżywczy

Portuguêsnutriente

Русскийпита́тельное вещество́питательный

Српскиživina

Svenskanärande näringsämne

ไทยสารอาหาร

Tagalogsustansya

Türkçebesin besleyici

Tiếng Việtdưỡng chất

Examples

“Even second-generation biofuels, made from crop wastes or wood, are an environmental disaster, either extending the cultivated area or removing the straw and stovers which protect ⟳ the soil from erosion and keep ⟳ carbon and nutrients in the ground.”

CEFR level

C2

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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See also

nutrient neutrality Nutrients nutriepigenomics nutrification nutrigenetics nutrigenome

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