vitamin

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.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈvɪt.ə.mɪn/,[2][1][3]
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈvaɪ.tə.mɪn/, [ˈvʌɪ.ɾə.mɪn][2][1]

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• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈvɑet.ə.mən/

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

• See also Thesaurus:vitamin

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

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

• vitamer

French vitamine.

vitamin

1. vitamin

• “vitamin”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

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

vitamin n (singular definite vitaminet, plural indefinite vitaminer)

1. vitamin

• A-vitamin, B-vitamin, C-vitamin, D-vitamin, E-vitamin, K-vitamin
• multivitamin
• provitamin
• vitaminholdig
• vitaminisere

• “vitamin” in Den Danske Ordbog
• vitamin on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

From English vitamin.[1]

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

vitamin (plural vitaminok)

1. vitamin

• vitaminos

• 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

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

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

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.

• “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.

vitamin

1. Rōmaji transcription of ヸタミン

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

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.

• “vitamin” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

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

1. a vitamin

• “vitamin” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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

1. a vitamin

• “vitamin” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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

vitamin (definite accusative vitamini, plural vitaminler)

1. vitamin