nektar

See also: Nektar

Danish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek νέκταρ (néktar, “nourishment of the gods”), from Proto-Indo-European *néḱtr̥h₂, derived from the roots *neḱ- (“to perish, disappear”) and *terh₂- (“to overcome”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɛktaːr/, [ˈnɛɡ̊tˢɑːˀ]

Noun

nektar c (singular definite nektaren, not used in plural form)

1. nectar

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Ancient Greek νέκταρ (néktar).

Noun

nektar m (definite singular nektaren, indefinite plural nektarer, definite plural nektarene)

1. nectar

References

• “nektar” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “nektar” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek νέκταρ (néktar, “nourishment of the gods”), from Proto-Indo-European *néḱtr̥h₂, derived from the roots *neḱ- (“to perish, disappear”) and *terh₂- (“to overcome”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɛktɑr/

Noun

nektar m (definite singular nektaren, indefinite plural nektarar, definite plural nektarane)

1. nectar

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²nɛktɑr/

Verb

nektar

1. present of nekta

References

• “nektar” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Ancient Greek νέκταρ (néktar)lbor.

Polish nektar

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek νέκταρ (néktar).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɛk.tar/

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• Rhymes: -ɛktar
• Syllabification: nek‧tar

Noun

nektar m inan (related adjective nektarowy)

1. (uncountable, botany) nectar (sweet liquid secreted by flowers to attract pollinating insects and birds)
2. (uncountable, Greek mythology) nectar (drink of the gods)
3. (countable, figurative, humorous) nectar (any delicious drink)

   Synonym: słodycz

4. (countable, figurative) nectar (type of sweetened fruit juice)

   Hypernym: sok

5. (uncountable, figurative, literary) essence (true nature of something, not accidental or illusory)

   Synonyms: ekstrakt, esencja, istota, substancja

Declension

Declension of nektar

	singular	plural
nominative	nektar	nektary
genitive	nektaru	nektarów
dative	nektarowi	nektarom
accusative	nektar	nektary
instrumental	nektarem	nektarami
locative	nektarze	nektarach
vocative	nektarze	nektary

Derived terms

nouns

• nektarnik

Related terms

nouns

• nektarium

Further reading

• “nektar”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “nektar”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)
• nektar in PWN's encyclopedia

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek νέκταρ (néktar, “nourishment of the gods”), from Proto-Indo-European *néḱtr̥h₂, derived from the roots *neḱ- (“to perish, disappear”) and *terh₂- (“to overcome”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nêktar/
• Hyphenation: nek‧tar

Noun

nȅktar m inan (Cyrillic spelling не̏ктар)

1. nectar

Declension

Declension of nektar

	singular	plural
nominative	nektar	nektari
genitive	nektara	nektara
dative	nektaru	nektarima
accusative	nektar	nektare
vocative	nektaru	nektari
locative	nektaru	nektarima
instrumental	nektarom	nektarima

Swedish

Noun

nektar c

1. (botany) nectar
2. (Greek mythology) nectar
3. nectar (certain fruit juice)

Declension

Declension of nektar

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	nektar	nektars
	definite	nektarn	nektarns
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

See also

• ambrosia

References

• “nektar”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “nektar”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “nektar”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)