nectar

Signification (Anglais)

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.

Concepts

nectar

ambroisie

suc

Synonymes

ambrosia

honey

🍯

juice

sweetness

relating

flower juice

flower water

beverage of the gods

drink

🥤

fluid

liquid

Traductions

nettare

Nektar

néctar

nèctar

nectar

νέκταρ

néctar

رحيق

nektar

Göttertrank

néctar dos deuses

ambrosia

ambrosia

nectar

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈnɛk.tə/

Étymologie (Anglais)

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”).