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vitamin

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See also: Vitamin, vitamín, vi ta min, vi-ta-min, and vítamín

English

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Etymology

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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.

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Noun

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vitamin (plural vitamins)

  1. 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

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Derived terms

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terms derived from "vitamin"

Translations

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Verb

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vitamin (third-person singular simple present vitamins, present participle vitamining, simple past and past participle vitamined)

  1. (transitive, dated) To fortify with vitamins.

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References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 “vitamin”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 “vitamin”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
  3. ^ Cambridge Dictionaries Online
  4. ^ Australian English

Crimean Tatar

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Etymology

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French vitamine.

Noun

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vitamin

  1. vitamin

Declension

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Declension of vitamin
singular plural
nominative vitamin vitaminler
genitive vitaminniñ vitaminlerniñ
dative vitaminge vitaminlerge
accusative vitaminni vitaminlerni
locative vitaminde vitaminlerde
ablative vitaminden vitaminlerden

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Danish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /vitamiːn/, [vitˢaˈmiːˀn]

Noun

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vitamin n (singular definite vitaminet, plural indefinite vitaminer)

  1. vitamin

Declension

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Declension of vitamin
neuter
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative vitamin vitaminet vitaminer vitaminerne
genitive vitamins vitaminets vitaminers vitaminernes
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Hungarian

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Etymology

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From English vitamin.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈvitɒmin]
  • Hyphenation: vi‧ta‧min
  • Rhymes: -in

Noun

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vitamin (plural vitaminok)

  1. vitamin

Declension

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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

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Compound words

References

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  1. ^ 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

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  • 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

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Etymology

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From English vitamin, earlier vitamine, from Latin vīta (“life”) (see vital) + amine.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [viˈtamɪn]
  • Hyphenation: vi‧ta‧min

Noun

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vitamin (first-person possessive vitaminku, second-person possessive vitaminmu, third-person possessive vitaminnya)

  1. 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.

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Japanese

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Romanization

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vitamin

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ヴィタミン
  2. Rōmaji transcription of ヸタミン

Malay

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Etymology

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From English vitamin, earlier vitamine, from Latin vīta (“life”) (see vital) + amine.

Noun

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vitamin (Jawi spelling ۏيتامين, plural vitamin-vitamin, informal 1st possessive vitaminku, 2nd possessive vitaminmu, 3rd possessive vitaminnya)

  1. 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.

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Noun

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vitamin n (definite singular vitaminet, indefinite plural vitamin or vitaminer, definite plural vitamina or vitaminene)

  1. a vitamin

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Noun

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vitamin n (definite singular vitaminet, indefinite plural vitamin, definite plural vitamina)

  1. a vitamin

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Turkish

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Etymology

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From Ottoman Turkish ویتامین (vitamin), from French vitamine, from English vitamin.

Noun

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vitamin (definite accusative vitamini, plural vitaminler)

  1. vitamin

Declension

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Inflection
Nominative vitamin
Definite accusative vitamini
Singular Plural
Nominative vitamin vitaminler
Definite accusative vitamini vitaminleri
Dative vitamine vitaminlere
Locative vitaminde vitaminlerde
Ablative vitaminden vitaminlerden
Genitive vitaminin vitaminlerin
Possessive forms
Nominative
Singular Plural
1st singular vitaminim vitaminlerim
2nd singular vitaminin vitaminlerin
3rd singular vitamini vitaminleri
1st plural vitaminimiz vitaminlerimiz
2nd plural vitamininiz vitaminleriniz
3rd plural vitaminleri vitaminleri
Definite accusative
Singular Plural
1st singular vitaminimi vitaminlerimi
2nd singular vitaminini vitaminlerini
3rd singular vitaminini vitaminlerini
1st plural vitaminimizi vitaminlerimizi
2nd plural vitamininizi vitaminlerinizi
3rd plural vitaminlerini vitaminlerini
Dative
Singular Plural
1st singular vitaminime vitaminlerime
2nd singular vitaminine vitaminlerine
3rd singular vitaminine vitaminlerine
1st plural vitaminimize vitaminlerimize
2nd plural vitamininize vitaminlerinize
3rd plural vitaminlerine vitaminlerine
Locative
Singular Plural
1st singular vitaminimde vitaminlerimde
2nd singular vitamininde vitaminlerinde
3rd singular vitamininde vitaminlerinde
1st plural vitaminimizde vitaminlerimizde
2nd plural vitamininizde vitaminlerinizde
3rd plural vitaminlerinde vitaminlerinde
Ablative
Singular Plural
1st singular vitaminimden vitaminlerimden
2nd singular vitamininden vitaminlerinden
3rd singular vitamininden vitaminlerinden
1st plural vitaminimizden vitaminlerimizden
2nd plural vitamininizden vitaminlerinizden
3rd plural vitaminlerinden vitaminlerinden
Genitive
Singular Plural
1st singular vitaminimin vitaminlerimin
2nd singular vitamininin vitaminlerinin
3rd singular vitamininin vitaminlerinin
1st plural vitaminimizin vitaminlerimizin
2nd plural vitamininizin vitaminlerinizin
3rd plural vitaminlerinin vitaminlerinin
Predicative forms
Singular Plural
1st singular vitaminim vitaminlerim
2nd singular vitaminsin vitaminlersin
3rd singular vitamin
vitamindir 		vitaminler
vitaminlerdir
1st plural vitaminiz vitaminleriz
2nd plural vitaminsiniz vitaminlersiniz
3rd plural vitaminler vitaminlerdir

Derived terms

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