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enrichment en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• [ɪnˈɹɪt͡ʃ.mn̩t]
• /ɪnˈɹɪt͡ʃ.mənt/

Etymology

Etymology tree English enrich Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English enrichment From enrich + -ment.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The act of enriching or something enriched.
2. (countable, uncountable) The process of making enriched uranium.
   • That stockpile of 60% Uranium, if enriched to 90%, which is a relatively easy step, is enough for about nine bombs, according to experts. Just before the war started, Iran announced that it had built another new secret facility for enrichment that was due to come on stream soon. 2025 June 26, Kasra Naji, “When Iran's supreme leader emerges from hiding he will find a very different nation”, in BBC:
   • In an interview with CBS broadcast Sunday, Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations, Amir-Saeid Iravani, said that his country’s uranium enrichment will “never stop” because Iran has an “inalienable right” to do so for “peaceful nuclear activity.” 2025 June 29, Laura Sharman and Sophie Tanno, “UN nuclear watchdog chief says Iran could again begin enriching uranium in ‘matter of months’”, in CNN:
3. (countable, uncountable) The addition of sugar to grape juice used to make wine; chaptalization.
4. (countable, uncountable) Extracurricular activities for students.
5. (countable, uncountable) Stimulation provided for the mental wellbeing of a captive animal.
   • The practice of enrichment to address these problems started in zoos and later spread to more intensively managed captive settings, such as farming and animal laboratories. 2009, Marc Bekoff, Encyclopedia of Animal Rights and Animal Welfare, 2nd Edition, page 208:

Forms

Deriveds

underenrichment · coenrichment · unjust enrichment · overenrichment · immunoenrichment · enantioenrichment · undue enrichment · phosphoenrichment · preenrichment · bioenrichment

Relateds

richness · gains

Translations (27)

da berigelse (the act of enriching) · ar إِثْرَاء (the act of enriching) · da berigelse (the process of making enriched uranium) · la locupletatio (the act of enriching) · fr enrichissement (the process of making enriched uranium) · tr zenginleşme (the act of enriching) · gl enriquecemento (the act of enriching) · bg обогатяване (the process of making enriched uranium) · ca enriquiment (the act of enriching) · it arricchimento (1,2) (the act of enriching) · uk збага́чення (the process of making enriched uranium) · ru обогаще́ние (the process of making enriched uranium) · pl wzbogacenie (the act of enriching) · de Anreicherung (the process of making enriched uranium) · cs obohacení (the act of enriching) · nb berikelse (the act of enriching) · es enriquecimiento (the act of enriching) · nb anrikelse (the process of making enriched uranium) · fi rikastutus (the act of enriching) · ru обогаще́ние (the act of enriching) · bg обогатяване (the act of enriching) · fr enrichissement (the act of enriching) · es enriquecimiento (the process of making enriched uranium) · pl wzbogacenie (the process of making enriched uranium) · de Bereicherung (the act of enriching) · uk збага́чення (the act of enriching) · fi rikastus (the process of making enriched uranium)