neem
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Hindi नीम (nīm), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Sanskrit निम्ब (nimba).
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "UK" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /niːm/
Noun
neem (plural neems)
- Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template., a large, mostly evergreen tree from India, whose seeds yield the insecticide azadirachtin.
- 2008, Aravind Adiga, The White Tiger, Atlantic 2009, p. 108:
- He was standing at the gate, rubbing his teeth with a twig broken from a neem tree – which is what many poor people in my country do, Mr Premier, when they want to clean their teeth.
- 2008, Aravind Adiga, The White Tiger, Atlantic 2009, p. 108:
Synonyms
Derived terms
Alternative forms
Translations
Azadirachta indica
|
Anagrams
Dutch
Pronunciation
Verb
neem
- (deprecated template usage) first-person singular present indicative of nemen
- (deprecated template usage) imperative of nemen
Anagrams
Estonian
Etymology
From Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 2 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "fiu-fin-pro" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E..
Noun
neem (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])
Declension
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Categories:
- English terms derived from Hindi
- English terms derived from Sanskrit
- English 1-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Sapindales order plants
- Dutch terms with audio links
- Rhymes:Dutch/eːm
- Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation
- Dutch non-lemma forms
- Dutch verb forms
- Estonian lemmas
- Estonian nouns
- et:Geography