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発音

• IPA: /ɪnˈɡɹiːdi.ənt/, /ɪŋˈɡɹiːdi.ənt/
  • ハイフネーション: in‧gre‧di‧ent
• IPA: /ɪnˈɡɹiːd͡ʒənt/ (dialectal or in very rapid speech)

名詞

ingredient (plural ingredients)

1. One of the substances present in a mixture, especially food.

   Holonyms: mixture; whole

   Near-synonyms: constituent, component

   The ingredients of a Spanish omelette are potatoes, eggs, onion, and a little salt.

   • 1704, I[saac] N[ewton], “(please specify |book=1 to 3)”, in Opticks: Or, A Treatise of the Reflexions, Refractions, Inflexions and Colours of Light. […], London: […] Sam[uel] Smith, and Benj[amin] Walford, printers to the Royal Society, […], →OCLC:

     By way of analysis we may proceed from compounds to ingredients.

   • 1731, John Arbuthnot, An Essay Concerning the Nature of Aliments, and the Choice of Them, According to the Different Constitutions of Human Bodies. […], London: […] J[acob] Tonson […], →OCLC:

     Water is the chief ingredient in all the animal fluids and solids.

2. (figurative) A necessary element to achieve a certain goal; a component.

   Holonym: end result

   Innovation is just one ingredient for continued growth.

   Patience and understanding are key ingredients for a long-lasting marriage.

派生語

関連する語

• ingress

参考

参照

Further reading

• ingredient on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “ingredient”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “ingredient”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.