ingredient

  • 21ingredient — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Latin ingredient , ingrediens, present participle of ingredi to go into, from in + gradi to go more at grade Date: 15th century something that enters into a compound or is a component part of any combination… …

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  • 22INGRÉDIENT — s. m. Il se dit Des choses qui entrent dans la composition d un médicament, d une boisson, d un mets, ou de quelque autre mélange. Les ingrédients d un remède, d un breuvage, d un ragoût, d un vernis, etc. Il entre beaucoup d ingrédients dans la… …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)

  • 23ingrédient — (in gré di an ; quelques personnes disent in gré diin, à tort ; dès 1668 Marguerite Buffet disait qu il fallait prononcer in gré di an) s. m. Nom des choses qui entrent dans la composition d un médicament, d une boisson, d un mets ou de quelque… …

    Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • 24ingredient — [15] The gredi of ingredient represents the Latin verb gradī ‘step, go’ (whose past participial stem gress has given English aggression, congress, digress, etc). From it was formed ingredī ‘go in, enter’, whose present participle ingrediēns… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 25ingredient — [15] The gredi of ingredient represents the Latin verb gradī ‘step, go’ (whose past participial stem gress has given English aggression, congress, digress, etc). From it was formed ingredī ‘go in, enter’, whose present participle ingrediēns… …

    Word origins

  • 26ingredient — /in gree dee euhnt/, n. 1. something that enters as an element into a mixture: Flour, eggs, and sugar are the main ingredients in the cake. 2. a constituent element of anything; component: the ingredients of political success. [1425 75; late ME < …

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  • 27ingredient — in·gre·di·ent in grēd ē ənt n something that enters into a compound or is a component part of any combination or mixture &LT;formula which will have just about the same ingredients as mother s milk (Morris Fishbein)&GT; ingredient adj …

    Medical dictionary

  • 28ingredient — [[t]ɪngri͟ːdiənt[/t]] ♦♦♦ ingredients 1) N COUNT Ingredients are the things that are used to make something, especially all the different foods you use when you are cooking a particular dish. Mix in the remaining ingredients. 2) N COUNT: oft N&#8230; …

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  • 29ingredient — noun 1》 any of the foods or substances that are combined to make a particular dish. 2》 a component part or element. Origin ME: from L. ingredient , ingredi enter , from in into + gradi walk …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 30ingredient — adjective crystallized iodine is a legal ingredient of an illegal drug Syn: constituent, component, element; part, piece, bit, strand, portion, unit, feature, aspect, attribute; (ingredients) contents, makings …

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