What with overwork and lack of nourishment, he became very ill.
Source: tatoeba (23599)
Nourishment
//ˈnʌɹɪʃmənt//
Synonyms for "nourishment" (57 found)
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Related words (28)
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6 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesderived
4 entriesderived from
1 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
4 entriesTranslations
51 translations across 30 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- voedingskrag noun (something that nourishes; food)
Albanian
1 entries- ushqim noun (something that nourishes; food)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- τροφή noun (something that nourishes; food)
Armenian
1 entries- սնուցում noun (the act of nourishing or the state of being nourished)
Bulgarian
2 entries- храна noun (something that nourishes; food)
- хранене noun (the act of nourishing or the state of being nourished)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 營養 /营养 noun (something that nourishes; food)
Egyptian
1 entries- S-b-w-X2:W22 noun (something that nourishes; food)
Finnish
3 entries- ravinto noun (something that nourishes; food)
- ravitseminen noun (the act of nourishing or the state of being nourished)
- ravituksi tuleminen noun (the act of nourishing or the state of being nourished)
French
1 entries- nourriture noun (something that nourishes; food)
Galician
3 entries- alimento noun (something that nourishes; food)
- mantenza noun (the act of nourishing or the state of being nourished)
- mantenza noun (something that nourishes; food)
Georgian
1 entries- კვების noun (something that nourishes; food)
German
3 entries- Ernährung noun (the act of nourishing or the state of being nourished)
- Ernährung noun (something that nourishes; food)
- Nahrung noun (something that nourishes; food)
Haitian Creole
1 entries- nouriti noun (something that nourishes; food)
Hebrew
1 entries- מָזוֹן noun (something that nourishes; food)
Hindi
3 entries- पोषण noun (the act of nourishing or the state of being nourished)
- पोषण noun (something that nourishes; food)
- पोषाहार noun (something that nourishes; food)
Hungarian
3 entries- tápanyag noun (something that nourishes; food)
- táplálás noun (the act of nourishing or the state of being nourished)
- táplálék noun (something that nourishes; food)
Japanese
1 entries- 栄養 noun (something that nourishes; food)
Lao
1 entries- ອາຫານ noun (something that nourishes; food)
Latin
4 entries- nūtrimen noun (the act of nourishing or the state of being nourished)
- nūtrimen noun (something that nourishes; food)
- nūtrimentum noun (the act of nourishing or the state of being nourished)
- nūtrimentum noun (something that nourishes; food)
Mirandese
1 entries- alimiento noun (something that nourishes; food)
Norwegian
1 entries- ernæring noun (something that nourishes; food)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Äten noun (something that nourishes; food)
Polish
1 entries- pożywienie noun (something that nourishes; food)
Portuguese
4 entries- alimento noun (something that nourishes; food)
- nutrição noun (the act of nourishing or the state of being nourished)
- sustança noun (something that nourishes; food)
- sustância noun (something that nourishes; food)
Russian
3 entries- кормле́ние noun (the act of nourishing or the state of being nourished)
- пита́ние noun (the act of nourishing or the state of being nourished)
- пита́ние noun (something that nourishes; food)
Sanskrit
1 entries- भरीमन् noun (the act of nourishing or the state of being nourished)
Spanish
1 entries- pábulo noun (something that nourishes; food)
Swedish
1 entries- näring noun (something that nourishes; food)
Vietnamese
2 entries- dinh dưỡng noun (something that nourishes; food)
- sự nuôi dưỡng noun (the act of nourishing or the state of being nourished)
Yiddish
1 entries- דערנערונג noun (something that nourishes; food)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
The principal cause of death in refugee camps is the lack of nourishment.
Source: tatoeba (280807)
Phosphorus provides nourishment for cyanobacteria (blue algae) which multiply and release toxins.
Source: tatoeba (501178)
The hurricane survivors were allotted adequate food provisions for their basic nourishment.
Source: tatoeba (1897441)
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