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nourriture

French, noun/nu.ʁi.tyʁ/

nourriture is spelled N-O-U-R-R-I-T-U-R-E (10 letters) and appears 42 times per million words in written French, the 1,996th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nourriture is a French feminine noun meaning “food, nourishment” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Aliment”.

What does nourriture mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininefood, nourishment

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Aliment. 2. Subsistance des hommes et des animaux au moyen des aliments. 3. Ce qui fortifie. 4. Allaitement, action de nourrir un enfant de son lait.

The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.

Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of nourriture

  • nourritures plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce nourriture?

  • /nu.ʁi.tyʁ/
  • \nu.ʁi.tyʁ\
  • [nu.ʁi.tyʁ]

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to nourriture

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is nourriture in French?

nourriture appears 42 times per million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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