nutritif

French

Etymology

From Middle French nutritif < Old French nutritif < Late Latin nūtritīvus, from the participle stem of Latin nūtriō (“to suckle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ny.tʁi.tif/

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Adjective

nutritif (feminine nutritive, masculine plural nutritifs, feminine plural nutritives)

1. nutritional
2. nutritious; nourishing

Further reading

• “nutritif”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.