ingredient

See also: ingrédient and ingrediënt

English

Etymology

From Middle French ingredient, from Latin ingrediens, present participle of ingredior (I go or enter into or onto).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɪnˈɡɹiːdi.ənt/

Noun

ingredient (plural ingredients)

  1. One of the substances present in a mixture, especially food.
    • Sir Isaac Newton
      By way of analysis we may proceed from compounds to ingredients.
    • Arbuthnot
      Water is the chief ingredient in all the animal fluids and solids.

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Noun

ingredient m (plural ingredients)

  1. ingredient

Middle French

Noun

ingredient m (plural ingrediens)

  1. ingredient
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