Dictionary

nourishment en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈnʊɹɪʃmənt/ (General-American)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈnɝɪʃmənt/ (General-American)
• /ˈnʌɹɪʃmənt/ (New-York-City, Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From Middle English norisshement, from Middle French, from Old French norissement, from norrir, equivalent to nourish + -ment.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The act of nourishing or the state of being nourished.
2. (countable, uncountable) Something that nourishes; food.
   • The Oriental Synagogue, continuing to draw musical nourishment from Semitic-Oriental sources. 1929, Abraham Zevi Idelsohn, Jewish Music: Its Historical Development, page 133:
   • Many ultraraces do not include much nourishment from organizers. 2021 May 25, Matthew Futterman, “‘I Am So Freaked Out. I Can’t Even Get My Mind Around It.’”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 03 Jun 2021:

Forms

Deriveds

undernourishment · overnourishment · beach nourishment · renourishment

Synonyms

sustenance

Translations (51)

fi ravinto (something that nourishes; food) · cmn 營養 /营养 (something that nourishes; food) · ru пита́ние (the act of nourishing or the state of being nourished) · pl pożywienie (something that nourishes; food) · gl mantenza (something that nourishes; food) · de Nahrung (something that nourishes; food) · gl alimento (something that nourishes; food) · vi dinh dưỡng (something that nourishes; food) · grc τροφή (something that nourishes; food) · fr nourriture (something that nourishes; food) · hi पोषाहार (something that nourishes; food) · pt sustança (something that nourishes; food) · ru кормле́ние (the act of nourishing or the state of being nourished) · de Ernährung (something that nourishes; food) · la nūtrimentum (the act of nourishing or the state of being nourished) · fi ravituksi tuleminen (the act of nourishing or the state of being nourished) · pt sustância (something that nourishes; food) · hu táplálék (something that nourishes; food) · he מָזוֹן (something that nourishes; food) · bg храна (something that nourishes; food) · egy S-b-w-X2:W22 (something that nourishes; food) · hu tápanyag (something that nourishes; food) · hy սնուցում (the act of nourishing or the state of being nourished) · fi ravitseminen (the act of nourishing or the state of being nourished) · ht nouriti (something that nourishes; food) · la sagīna (something that nourishes; food) · la nūtrimen (something that nourishes; food) · yi דערנערונג (something that nourishes; food) · ru пита́ние (something that nourishes; food) · hi पोषण (something that nourishes; food) · pt nutrição (the act of nourishing or the state of being nourished) · mwl alimiento (something that nourishes; food) · vi sự nuôi dưỡng (the act of nourishing or the state of being nourished) · ja 栄養 (something that nourishes; food) · lo ອາຫານ (something that nourishes; food) · gl mantenza (the act of nourishing or the state of being nourished) · es pábulo (something that nourishes; food) · pt alimento (something that nourishes; food) · de Ernährung (the act of nourishing or the state of being nourished) · sv näring (something that nourishes; food) · la nūtrimentum (something that nourishes; food) · hi पोषण (the act of nourishing or the state of being nourished) · sq ushqim (something that nourishes; food) · bg хранене (the act of nourishing or the state of being nourished) · af voedingskrag (something that nourishes; food) · sa भरीमन् (the act of nourishing or the state of being nourished) · no ernæring (something that nourishes; food) · ka კვების (something that nourishes; food) · pdt Äten (something that nourishes; food) · hu táplálás (the act of nourishing or the state of being nourished) · la nūtrimen (the act of nourishing or the state of being nourished)