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): /ˈvɑɪ.tə.mən/, [ˈvɑɪ.ɾə.mən][4]
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
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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
- ^ Australian English
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: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of 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)
Declension
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[edit]- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *gʷeyh₃-
- English terms derived from Latin
- English 3-syllable words
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- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English terms with usage examples
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- English transitive verbs
- English dated terms
- en:Vitamins
- Crimean Tatar terms derived from French
- Crimean Tatar lemmas
- Crimean Tatar nouns
- Danish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Danish lemmas
- Danish nouns
- Danish neuter nouns
- Hungarian terms derived from English
- Hungarian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Hungarian/in
- Rhymes:Hungarian/in/3 syllables
- Hungarian lemmas
- Hungarian nouns
- Indonesian terms borrowed from English
- Indonesian terms derived from English
- Indonesian terms derived from Latin
- Indonesian 3-syllable words
- Indonesian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Indonesian lemmas
- Indonesian nouns
- Indonesian uncountable nouns
- Japanese non-lemma forms
- Japanese romanizations
- Malay terms borrowed from English
- Malay terms derived from English
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- Malay lemmas
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- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
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- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk neuter nouns
- Turkish terms inherited from Ottoman Turkish
- Turkish terms derived from Ottoman Turkish
- Turkish terms derived from French
- Turkish terms derived from English
- Turkish lemmas
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- tr:Vitamins