Meaning
vitamin
- An organic compound essential in small quantities for normal metabolic function
In a sentence
Le arance hanno molta vitamina C.
Oranges have a lot of vitamin C.
Prendo una vitamina ogni mattina con la colazione.
I take a vitamin every morning with breakfast.
La frutta fresca è ricca di vitamine importanti.
Fresh fruit is rich in important vitamins.
Word forms (2)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| vitamina | feminine · singular |
| vitamine | feminine · plural |
Usage notes
- Regular feminine noun; specific types use capital letters: 'vitamina C', 'vitamina D'.