nectar

Значение (Английский)

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.

Синонимы

ambrosia

honey

🍯

juice

sweetness

relating

flower juice

flower water

beverage of the gods

drink

🥤

fluid

liquid

Переводы

nettare

Nektar

néctar

nectar

νέκταρ

nèctar

nectar

néctar

nektar

رحيق

Göttertrank

ambrosia

ambroisie

ambrosia

Произносится как (IPA)

/ˈnɛk.tə/

Этимология (Английский)

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”).