ingredient

Meaning

  1. One of the substances present in a mixture, especially food.
  2. (figuratively) A necessary element to achieve a certain goal; a component.

Frequency

C2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɪnˈɡɹiːdi.ənt/
Etymology

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

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