ingredient
See also: ingrédient and ingrediënt
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle French ingredient, from Latin ingrediens, present participle of ingredior (“I go or enter into or onto”).
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ɪnˈɡɹiːdi.ənt/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Hyphenation: in‧gre‧di‧ent
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Noun edit
ingredient (plural ingredients)
- One of the substances present in a mixture, especially food.
- The ingredients of a Spanish omelette are potatoes, eggs, onion, and a little salt.
- Patience and understanding are key ingredients for a long-lasting marriage.
- 1704, I[saac] N[ewton], “(please specify |book=1 to 3)”, in Opticks: Or, A Treatise of the Reflexions, Refractions, Inflexions and Colours of Light. […], London: […] Sam[uel] Smith, and Benj[amin] Walford, printers to the Royal Society, […], →OCLC:
- By way of analysis we may proceed from compounds to ingredients.
- 1731, John Arbuthnot, An Essay Concerning the Nature of Aliments, and the Choice of Them, According to the Different Constitutions of Human Bodies. […], 1st Irish edition, Dublin: […] S. Powell, for George Risk, […], George Ewing, […], and William Smith, […], →OCLC:
- Water is the chief ingredient in all the animal fluids and solids.
Holonyms edit
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Translations edit
substance present in a mixture
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Further reading edit
- ingredient on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- “ingredient”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “ingredient”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin ingredientem.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Central) [iŋ.ɡɾə.ðiˈen]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [iŋ.ɡɾə.ðiˈent]
- IPA(key): (Valencian) [iŋ.ɡɾe.ðiˈent]
Noun edit
ingredient m (plural ingredients)
Further reading edit
- “ingredient” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “ingredient”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “ingredient” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “ingredient” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Middle French edit
Noun edit
ingredient m (plural ingrediens)
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French ingrédient.
Noun edit
ingredient n (plural ingrediente)
Declension edit
Declension of ingredient
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) ingredient | ingredientul | (niște) ingrediente | ingredientele |
genitive/dative | (unui) ingredient | ingredientului | (unor) ingrediente | ingredientelor |
vocative | ingredientule | ingredientelor |