nectar

Bedeutung (Englisch)

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.

Konzepte

Nektar

Göttertrank

Honig

🍯

Melasse

Sirup

süßer Tau

nectar

Synonyme

ambrosia

honey

🍯

juice

sweetness

relating

flower juice

flower water

beverage of the gods

drink

🥤

fluid

liquid

Übersetzungen

nettare

néctar

nectar

nèctar

νέκταρ

nectar

néctar

رحيق

nektar

nektar

ambrosia

ambroisie

ambrosia

néctar dos deuses

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/ˈnɛk.tə/

Etymologie (Englisch)

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”).