nectar

See also néctar

English

Wikipedia

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈnɛk.tɝ/
• Schoolbook Phonetics: (nĕkʹtûr)
• Last Resort Phonetics: NECK-turr

Etymology

Recorded since 1555, from Latin nectar, from Ancient Greek νέκταρ (nektar, “nourishment of the gods”), which is said to be a compound of (nekros) "dead body" (hence necro-) + -tar "overcoming."

Noun

nectar (plural nectars)

1. (mythology) The sweet drink of the Ancient gods.
2. (recorded since 1609) (botany) The sweet liquid secreted by flowers to attract pollinating insects and birds.
3. (by extension) Any delicious drink.
4. A soft drink, made from fruit juice, water and sweetener.

Related terms

• nectarine
• nectarous
• nectary

Translations

drink of the gods

Catalan: nèctar (ca) m. Danish: nektar (da) c. Dutch: nectar (nl), nektar (nl) Finnish: nektari (fi) German: Nektar (de) m. Greek: νέκταρ (el) (néktar) n.

Hungarian: istenek itala (hu), nektár (hu) Italian: nettare (it) m. Japanese: 神酒 (みき, miki; or しんしゅ, shinshu) Polish: nektar (pl) m. Russian: нектар (ru) (n'ektár) m.

sweet liquid secreted by flowers

Catalan: nèctar (ca) m. Danish: nektar (da) c. Dutch: nectar (nl), nektar (nl) Finnish: mesi (fi) German: Nektar (de) m. Greek: νέκταρ (el) (néktar) n.

Hungarian: virágméz (hu) Italian: nettare (it) m. Japanese: 花蜜 (かみつ, kamitsu) Navajo: chilátah baa hózhónii bijeeh Polish: nektar (pl) m. Russian: нектар (ru) (n'ektár) m.

any delicious drink

Catalan: nèctar (ca) m. Danish: nektar (da) c. Dutch: nectar (nl), nektar (nl) Finnish: nektari (fi), linnunmaito (fi) German: Nektar (de) m.

Greek: νέκταρ (el) (néktar) n. Hungarian: nektár (hu) Japanese: 美酒 (びしゅ, bishu) Polish: nektar (pl) m. Russian: нектар (ru) (n'ektár) m.

fruit juice based drink

Catalan: nèctar (ca) m. Danish: saftevand (da) n. Dutch: nectar (nl), nektar (nl) Finnish: nektari (fi), mehu (fi)

German: Nektar (de) m. Greek: νέκταρ (el) (néktar) n. Italian: nettare (it) m. Russian: нектар (ru) (n'ektár) m.

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Mandarin: 花蜜 huāmì (liquid secreted by flowers) Esperanto: nektaro French: nectar (fr) m. Hebrew: צוף (he) Ido: nektaro Italian: nettare m. (1,2,3) Japanese: 花蜜 (かみつ, kamitu) (liquid secreted by flowers); 蜜

Lithuanian: nektaras Portuguese: néctar Spanish: néctar m. Swedish: nektar Telugu: మకరందం (te)(makaramdam) Turkish: nektar

See also

• ambrosia
• pollen

References

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Anagrams

• canter
• carnet
• centra
• Cretan
• recant
• trance

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Latin

Noun

nectar (genitive nectaris); n, third declension

1. nectar

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	nectar	nectaria
genitive	nectaris	nectarium
dative	nectarī	nectaribus
accusative	nectar	nectaria
ablative	nectarī	nectaribus
vocative	nectar	nectaria

Verb

nectar

1. first-person singular future passive indicative of nectō