"nutritive" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈnjuːtɹətɪv/ [UK] Forms: more nutritive [comparative], most nutritive [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle French nutritif, from Late Latin nūtritīvus, from the participle stem of Latin nūtriō (“I suckle”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|frm|nutritif}} Middle French nutritif, {{uder|en|LL.|nūtritīvus}} Late Latin nūtritīvus, {{uder|en|la|nūtriō||I suckle}} Latin nūtriō (“I suckle”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} nutritive (comparative more nutritive, superlative most nutritive)
  1. Of or pertaining to nutrition.
    Sense id: en-nutritive-en-adj-DYMykPxB
  2. Nourishing, providing nutrition. Translations (nourishing, providing nutrition): nutritiivinen (Finnish), beathúil (Irish), nutriente (Italian), nutritivo (Italian), spożywczy (Polish), nutritivo [masculine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-nutritive-en-adj-5NctrtIX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 60 12 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 8 87 5 Disambiguation of 'nourishing, providing nutrition': 11 89
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: nutritional Derived forms: antinutritive, innutritive, nutritively

Noun

IPA: /ˈnjuːtɹətɪv/ [UK] Forms: nutritives [plural]
Etymology: From Middle French nutritif, from Late Latin nūtritīvus, from the participle stem of Latin nūtriō (“I suckle”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|frm|nutritif}} Middle French nutritif, {{uder|en|LL.|nūtritīvus}} Late Latin nūtritīvus, {{uder|en|la|nūtriō||I suckle}} Latin nūtriō (“I suckle”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} nutritive (plural nutritives)
  1. (archaic) A nutrient. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-nutritive-en-noun-exjbdDZJ

Inflected forms

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