nutrition
French, noun/ny.tʁi.sjɔ̃/
nutrition is spelled N-U-T-R-I-T-I-O-N (9 letters) and appears 5.2 times per million words in written French, the 10,846th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nutrition is a French feminine noun meaning “nutrition” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Métabolisation des nutriments en vue de leur assimilation pour la croissance, l'entretien, le fonctionnement…”.
What does nutrition mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininenutrition
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Métabolisation des nutriments en vue de leur assimilation pour la croissance, l'entretien, le fonctionnement de l'organisme. 2. Science qui analyse les rapports entre la nourriture et la santé.
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 nutrition
- nutritions plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce nutrition?
- /ny.tʁi.sjɔ̃/
- \ny.tʁi.sjɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to nutrition
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is nutrition in French?
nutrition appears 5.2 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).