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

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²nɛktɑr/

Verb

nektar

  1. present of nekta

References

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed 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): /ˈnɛk.tar/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛktar
  • Syllabification: nek‧tar

Noun

nektar m inan

  1. (botany) nectar (sweet liquid secreted by flowers)
  2. (Greek mythology) nectar (drink of the gods)
  3. nectar (any delicious drink)

Declension

Derived terms

adjective
  • nektarowy
noun
  • nektarnik
noun

Further reading

  • nektar in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • nektar in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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 (Cyrillic spelling не̏ктар)

  1. nectar

Declension

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