vitamin
English edit
Etymology edit
1920, originally vitamine (1912), from Latin vīta (“life”) (see vital) + amine (see amino acids). Vitamine coined by Polish biochemist Casimir Funk after the initial discovery of aberic acid (thiamine), when it was thought that all such nutrients would be amines.[1] The term had become ubiquitous by the time it was discovered that vitamin C, among others, had no amine component. In 1920, British biochemist Jack Drummond proposed that the final -e be dropped to deemphasize the amine reference. The ending -in was acceptable because it was used for natural substances of undefined composition. Drummond also introduced the lettering system of nomenclature (Vitamin A, B, C, etc.) at this same time.
Pronunciation edit
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈvɪt.ə.mɪn/,[2][1][3]
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈvaɪ.tə.mɪn/, [ˈvʌɪ.ɾə.mɪn][2][1]
Audio (US) (file) - (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈvɑet.ə.mən/
Noun edit
vitamin (plural vitamins)
- Any of a specific group of organic compounds essential in small quantities for healthy human growth, metabolism, development, and body function; found in minute amounts in plant and animal foods or sometimes produced synthetically; deficiencies of specific vitamins produce specific disorders.
- a food rich in vitamins
Hyponyms edit
- See also Thesaurus:vitamin
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
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Verb edit
vitamin (third-person singular simple present vitamins, present participle vitamining, simple past and past participle vitamined)
- (transitive, dated) To fortify with vitamins.
See also edit
References edit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 “vitamin”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 “vitamin”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- ^ Cambridge Dictionaries Online
Crimean Tatar edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
vitamin
Declension edit
singular | plural | |
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nominative | vitamin | vitaminler |
genitive | vitaminniñ | vitaminlerniñ |
dative | vitaminge | vitaminlerge |
accusative | vitaminni | vitaminlerni |
locative | vitaminde | vitaminlerde |
ablative | vitaminden | vitaminlerden |
References edit
Danish edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
vitamin n (singular definite vitaminet, plural indefinite vitaminer)
Declension edit
neuter gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | vitamin | vitaminet | vitaminer | vitaminerne |
genitive | vitamins | vitaminets | vitaminers | vitaminernes |
Related terms edit
- A-vitamin, B-vitamin, C-vitamin, D-vitamin, E-vitamin, K-vitamin
- multivitamin
- provitamin
- vitaminholdig
- vitaminisere
Further reading edit
- “vitamin” in Den Danske Ordbog
- vitamin on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
Hungarian edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
vitamin (plural vitaminok)
Declension edit
Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | vitamin | vitaminok |
accusative | vitamint | vitaminokat |
dative | vitaminnak | vitaminoknak |
instrumental | vitaminnal | vitaminokkal |
causal-final | vitaminért | vitaminokért |
translative | vitaminná | vitaminokká |
terminative | vitaminig | vitaminokig |
essive-formal | vitaminként | vitaminokként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | vitaminban | vitaminokban |
superessive | vitaminon | vitaminokon |
adessive | vitaminnál | vitaminoknál |
illative | vitaminba | vitaminokba |
sublative | vitaminra | vitaminokra |
allative | vitaminhoz | vitaminokhoz |
elative | vitaminból | vitaminokból |
delative | vitaminról | vitaminokról |
ablative | vitamintól | vitaminoktól |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
vitaminé | vitaminoké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
vitaminéi | vitaminokéi |
Possessive forms of vitamin | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | vitaminom | vitaminjaim |
2nd person sing. | vitaminod | vitaminjaid |
3rd person sing. | vitaminja | vitaminjai |
1st person plural | vitaminunk | vitaminjaink |
2nd person plural | vitaminotok | vitaminjaitok |
3rd person plural | vitaminjuk | vitaminjaik |
Derived terms edit
References edit
- ^ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN
Further reading edit
- vitamin in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
From English vitamin, earlier vitamine, from Latin vīta (“life”) (see vital) + amine.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
vitamin (first-person possessive vitaminku, second-person possessive vitaminmu, third-person possessive vitaminnya)
- vitamin: any of a specific group of organic compounds essential in small quantities for healthy human growth, metabolism, development, and body function; found in minute amounts in plant and animal foods or sometimes produced synthetically; deficiencies of specific vitamins produce specific disorders.
Further reading edit
- “vitamin” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Japanese edit
Romanization edit
vitamin
Malay edit
Etymology edit
From English vitamin, earlier vitamine, from Latin vīta (“life”) (see vital) + amine.
Noun edit
vitamin (Jawi spelling ۏيتامين, plural vitamin-vitamin, informal 1st possessive vitaminku, 2nd possessive vitaminmu, 3rd possessive vitaminnya)
- vitamin: any of a specific group of organic compounds essential in small quantities for healthy human growth, metabolism, development, and body function; found in minute amounts in plant and animal foods or sometimes produced synthetically; deficiencies of specific vitamins produce specific disorders.
Further reading edit
- “vitamin” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Noun edit
vitamin n (definite singular vitaminet, indefinite plural vitamin or vitaminer, definite plural vitamina or vitaminene)
- a vitamin
References edit
- “vitamin” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Noun edit
vitamin n (definite singular vitaminet, indefinite plural vitamin, definite plural vitamina)
- a vitamin
References edit
- “vitamin” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Turkish edit
Etymology edit
From Ottoman Turkish ویتامین (vitamin), from French vitamine, from English vitamin.
Noun edit
vitamin (definite accusative vitamini, plural vitaminler)