nektar

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Danish

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Etymology

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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

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  • IPA(key): /nɛktaːr/, [ˈnɛɡ̊tˢɑːˀ]

Noun

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nektar c (singular definite nektaren, not used in plural form)

  1. nectar

Norwegian Bokmål

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Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek νέκταρ (néktar).

Noun

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nektar m (definite singular nektaren, indefinite plural nektarer, definite plural nektarene)

  1. nectar

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology 1

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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

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Noun

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nektar m (definite singular nektaren, indefinite plural nektarar, definite plural nektarane)

  1. nectar

Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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nektar

  1. present of nekta

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Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek νέκταρ (néktar).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈnɛk.tar/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛktar
  • Syllabification: nek‧tar

Noun

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nektar m inan (related adjective nektarowy)

  1. (uncountable, botany) nectar (sweet liquid secreted by flowers to attract pollinating insects and birds)
  2. (uncountable, Greek mythology) nectar (drink of the gods)
  3. (countable, figurative, humorous) nectar (any delicious drink)
    Synonym: słodycz
  4. (countable, figurative) nectar (type of sweetened fruit juice)
    Hypernym: sok
  5. (uncountable, figurative, literary) essence (true nature of something, not accidental or illusory)
    Synonyms: ekstrakt, esencja, istota, substancja

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Further reading

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

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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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

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  • IPA(key): /nêktar/
  • Hyphenation: nek‧tar

Noun

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nȅktar m (Cyrillic spelling не̏ктар)

  1. nectar

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Swedish

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Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Noun

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nektar c

  1. (botany) nectar
  2. (Greek mythology) nectar
  3. nectar (certain fruit juice)

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