nénufar

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See also: nenufar and nenúfar

French

Alternative forms

nénuphar (pre-1990 spelling)

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value "ML." is not valid. See WT:LOL. nenuphar, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Arabic نِلُوفَر (nilūfar), نِينُوفَر (nīnūfar), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Persian nylw(k)pl (nīlōpal, “lotus, water-lily”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Sanskrit नीलोत्पल (nīlotpala).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ne.ny.faʁ/

Noun

nénufar m (plural nénufars)

waterlily, nenuphar

Usage notes

This spelling was a product of the 1990 French spelling reforms.

Further reading

“nenuphar”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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