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.

• IPA^(key): (UK) /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): /ˈvɑɪ.tə.mən/, [ˈvɑɪ.ɾə.mən]^[4]
• (General South African) IPA^(key): /ˈvɨt.ə.mɨn/
• (Philippines) IPA^(key): /vaɪ̯ˈt̪aː.mɪn̪/, /baɪ̯ˈt̪aː.mɪn̪/

vitamin (plural vitamins)

2. 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

3. (informal, figurative) preceding a word or its initial letter, to imply that the referent benefits health or wellness

   Vitamin N: The Essential Guide to a Nature-Rich Life

   I just follow three three Cs: clean living, chewing thoroughly, and a daily dose of vitamin Church

Most vitamins cannot be produced by the human body. It is sometimes said that this characteristic is part of the definition of the word vitamin, but vitamin D can be produced by the human body.

• 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 Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (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 (plural vitamin-vitamin)

1. vitamin

• “vitamin”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), 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 ヴィタミン
2. 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 or vitamin²)

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 (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), 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