vitamin
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English
Etymology
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. 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
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈvɪt.ə.mɪn/,
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈvaɪ.tə.mɪn/,
Audio (US) (file) - (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈvɑet.ə.mən/
Noun
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
- See also Thesaurus:vitamin
Derived terms
terms derived from "vitamin"
Translations
organic compound essential to human health
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Verb
vitamin (third-person singular simple present vitamins, present participle vitamining, simple past and past participle vitamined)
- (transitive, dated) To fortify with vitamins.
See also
References
- ↑ 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
Etymology
Noun
vitamin
Declension
Declension of vitamin
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | vitamin | vitaminler |
| genitive | vitaminniñ | vitaminlerniñ |
| dative | vitaminge | vitaminlerge |
| accusative | vitaminni | vitaminlerni |
| locative | vitaminde | vitaminlerde |
| ablative | vitaminden | vitaminlerden |
References
Danish
Pronunciation
Noun
vitamin n (singular definite vitaminet, plural indefinite vitaminer)
Declension
Declension of vitamin
| neuter gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | vitamin | vitaminet | vitaminer | vitaminerne |
| genitive | vitamins | vitaminets | vitaminers | vitaminernes |
Related terms
- A-vitamin, B-vitamin, C-vitamin, D-vitamin, E-vitamin, K-vitamin
- multivitamin
- provitamin
- vitaminholdig
- vitaminisere
Further reading
- “vitamin” in Den Danske Ordbog
vitamin on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
Hungarian
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
vitamin (plural vitaminok)
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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
Compound words
References
- ^ 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
- 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
Etymology
From English vitamin, earlier vitamine, from Latin vīta (“life”) (see vital) + amine.
Pronunciation
Noun
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
- “vitamin” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Japanese
Romanization
vitamin
Malay
Etymology
From English vitamin, earlier vitamine, from Latin vīta (“life”) (see vital) + amine.
Noun
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
- “vitamin” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
vitamin n (definite singular vitaminet, indefinite plural vitamin or vitaminer, definite plural vitamina or vitaminene)
- a vitamin
References
- “vitamin” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
vitamin n (definite singular vitaminet, indefinite plural vitamin, definite plural vitamina)
- a vitamin
References
- “vitamin” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish ویتامین (vitamin), from French vitamine, from English vitamin.
Noun
vitamin (definite accusative vitamini, plural vitaminler)