noria

English

WOTD – 17 November 2008

a noria

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Spanish noria, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Arabic نَاعُورَة (nāʕūra), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Classical Syriac ܢܥܘܪܬܐ (nāʿōrtāʾ, “water wheel; growler”), from ܢܥܪ (nʿar, “to roar, growl, bray”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɔː.ɹɪə/
• IPA^(key): /ˈnɔɹ.i.ə/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɔːriə

Noun

noria (plural norias)

1. A water wheel with attached buckets, used to raise and deposit water.
2. Any machine using buckets to raise water to an aqueduct.

Synonyms

• (water wheel): water wheel

Translations

a water wheel with buckets

• Arabic: نَاعُورَة (nāʕūra)
• Catalan: sínia f
• French: noria (fr) f
• Italian: noria f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Portuguese: nora (pt) f
• Russian: нория (ru) f (norija), ковшовый элеватор m (kovšovyj elevator)
• Spanish: noria (es) f

any machine using buckets

• French: noria (fr)
• German: Schöpfwerk (de) n
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Spanish: noria (es) f

Anagrams

• Arion, Irano-, oiran, on air, on-air, raion

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French

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Spanish noria, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Arabic نَاعُورَة (nāʕūra), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Classical Syriac ܢܥܘܪܬܐ (nāʿōrtāʾ, “water wheel; growler”), from ܢܥܪ (nʿar, “to roar, growl, bray”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɔ.ʁja/

Noun

noria f (plural norias)

1. noria

Further reading

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

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Italian

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Arabic نَاعُورَة (nāʕūra), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Classical Syriac ܢܥܘܪܬܐ (nāʿōrtāʾ, “water wheel; growler”), from ܢܥܪ (nʿar, “to roar, growl, bray”).

Noun

noria f (plural norie)

1. noria

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Spanish

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Arabic نَاعُورَة (nāʕūra), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Classical Syriac ܢܥܘܪܬܐ (nāʿōrtāʾ, “water wheel; growler”), from ܢܥܪ (nʿar, “to roar, growl, bray”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈno̞.ɾja̠]

Noun

noria f (plural norias)

1. noria
2. Ferris wheel

Synonyms

• (Ferris wheel): rueda de la fortuna