nutriment

(nū'trə-mənt, nyū'-)
n.

1. A source of nourishment; food.
2. An agent that promotes growth or development.

[Middle English, from Latin nūtrīmentum, from nūtrīre, to suckle.]

nutrimental nu'tri·men'tal (-mĕn'tl) adj.

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noun

1. Something fit to be eaten: aliment, bread, comestible, diet, edible, esculent, fare, food, foodstuff, meat, nourishment, nurture, nutrition, pabulum, pap, provender, provision (used in plural), sustenance, victual. Slang chow, eats, grub. See ingestion.
2. That which sustains the mind or spirit: aliment, bread, food, nourishment, pabulum, pap, sustenance. See care for/neglect, ingestion.

Nourishment; nutritious material; food.

For a list of words related to nutriment, see:

• Food in General - nutriment: food taken as nourishment

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - næring

Nederlands (Dutch)
voedzaam eten, geestelijke/ artistieke stimulans

Français (French)
n. - nourriture, aliments

Deutsch (German)
n. - Nahrung

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - θρεπτική ουσία, (μτφ.) πνευματική τροφή

Italiano (Italian)
nutrimento

Português (Portuguese)
n. - nutrição (f), alimento (m)

Русский (Russian)
питание, пища

Español (Spanish)
n. - nutrimento, alimento

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - näring, föda

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
营养物, 营养素, 食物

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 營養物, 營養素, 食物

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 영양분, 음식물

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 栄養物, 栄養分, 食物

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) غذاء‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מזון, מזון מבריא, מזון רוחני‬

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