nectar

Significat (Anglès)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) The drink of the gods.
2. (broadly, countable, uncountable) Any delicious drink, now especially a type of sweetened fruit juice.
3. (countable, uncountable) The sweet liquid secreted by flowers to attract pollinating insects and birds.

Verb

To feed on nectar.

Conceptes

nèctar

ambrosia

Sinònims

ambrosia

honey

🍯

juice

sweetness

relating

flower juice

flower water

beverage of the gods

drink

🥤

fluid

liquid

Traduccions

nettare

Nektar

néctar

nectar

νέκταρ

nectar

néctar

nektar

رحيق

néctar dos deuses

ambroisie

ambrosia

Göttertrank

nectar

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈnɛk.tə/

Etimologia (Anglès)

From Latin nectar, from Ancient Greek νέκταρ (néktar, “nourishment of the gods”), from Proto-Indo-European *neḱ- (“perish, disappear”) + *-tr̥h₂ (“overcoming”), from *terh₂- (“to overcome, pass through, cross over”).