# vitamin
## 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: /ˈvɪt.ə.mɪn/,
* (US) IPA: /ˈvaɪ.tə.mɪn/, [ˈvʌɪ.ɾə.mɪn]
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* (General Australian) IPA: /ˈvɑɪ.tə.mən/, [ˈvɑɪ.ɾə.mən]
* (General South African) IPA: /ˈvɨt.ə.mɨn/

### 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
* (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

#### Hyponyms

* See also Thesaurus:vitamin

#### Derived terms

* B vitamin
* sunshine vitamin
* vitamer
* vitaminic
* vitaminize
* vitamin A
** vitamin A acid
* vitamin B
** vitamin B complex, vitamin B$_c$, vitamin B$_1$, vitamin B$_2$, vitamin B$_3$, vitamin B$_4$, vitamin B$_5$, vitamin B$_6$, vitamin B$_7$, vitamin B$_9$, vitamin B$_{12}$, vitamin B$_{17}$
* vitamin C
* vitamin D
** vitamin D$_1$, vitamin D$_2$, vitamin D$_3$, vitamin D$_4$, vitamin D$_5$
* vitamin E
* vitamin F (obsolete)
* vitamin G
* vitamin H
* vitamin I (slang)
* vitamin J (obsolete)
* vitamin K
** vitamin K$_1$, vitamin K$_2$
* vitamin M
* vitamin O
* vitaminosis
* vitamin P
* vitamin R (slang)
* vitamin V (slang)

#### Translations
### 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

* vitamer

### References

* 1 2 3 “vitamin”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
* 1 2 “vitamin”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
* ↑ Cambridge Dictionaries Online
* ↑ Australian English

## Crimean Tatar
### Etymology

French vitamine.

### Noun

vitamin
* vitamin

#### Declension
### References

* “vitamin”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

## Danish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /vitamiːn/, [vitˢaˈmiːˀn]

### Noun

vitamin n (singular definite vitaminet, plural indefinite vitaminer)
* vitamin

#### 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

From English vitamin.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈvitɒmin]
* Hyphenation: vi‧ta‧min
* Rhymes: -in

### Noun

vitamin (plural vitaminok)
* vitamin

#### Derived terms

* vitaminos
* A-vitamin
* B-vitamin
* C-vitamin
* D-vitamin
* vitamindús
* vitaminhiány
* vitaminszegény

### 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

* IPA: [viˈtamɪn]
* Hyphenation: vi‧ta‧min

### Noun

vitamin (uncountable)
* 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 of Indonesia, 2016.

## Japanese
### Romanization

vitamin
* Rōmaji transcription of ヴィタミン
* Rōmaji transcription of ヸタミン

## 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)
* vitamin

#### Declension

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

* vitaminli
* vitaminsiz