nutritious

CEFRB2

/njuːˈtɹɪʃəs/

adjective

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Containing substances needed for health and growth.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    Providing nutrients; healthy to eat or drink.

Examples

  • You can't eat it just because it is nutritious.

  • I had a nutritious breakfast.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
2
Parts of speech
1
Citations
1
Synonyms
2

Also pronounced

  • /nuːˈtɹɪʃəs/

Deep Dive

More examples

In context

  • You have to eat nutritious foods.

  • A cumbrous, circuitous, and often a sophisticative mode of commenting upon the Prophets, and of darkening their meaning, had taken the place of what might have been a nutritious popular instruction.

Synonyms

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Origin

adjective

Learned borrowing from Latin nūtrītius, from nūtrītus, from nūtrīre.