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6-letter words (8 found)

CANTER,CARNET,CENTRA,CREANT,NECTAR,RECANT,TANREC,TRANCE,

5-letter words (15 found)

ANTRE,CANER,CARET,CARTE,CATER,CRANE,CRATE,CRENA,EARNT,ENACT,NACRE,RANCE,REACT,RECTA,TRACE,

4-letter words (32 found)

ACER,ACNE,ACRE,ANCE,ANTE,ARET,CANE,CANT,CARE,CARN,CART,CATE,CENT,CERT,CRAN,EARN,ETNA,NARC,NARE,NEAR,NEAT,RACE,RANT,RATE,REAN,RENT,TACE,TANE,TARE,TARN,TEAR,TERN,

3-letter words (31 found)

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2-letter words (13 found)

AE,AN,AR,AT,EA,EN,ER,ET,NA,NE,RE,TA,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

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Definitions and meaning of nectar

nectar

Etymology

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”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈnɛk.tə/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈnɛk.təɹ/
  • Rhymes: -ɛktə(ɹ)
  • Hyphenation: nec‧tar

Noun

nectar (countable and uncountable, plural nectars)

  1. (chiefly mythology) The drink of the gods. [from 16th c.]
  2. (by extension) Any delicious drink, now especially a type of sweetened fruit juice. [from 16th c.]
  3. (botany) The sweet liquid secreted by flowers to attract pollinating insects and birds. [from 17th c.]

Derived terms

  • amber nectar
  • Thomas's nectar bat

Related terms

  • nectarine
  • nectarous
  • nectary

Translations

See also

  • ambrosia
  • pollen

Verb

nectar (third-person singular simple present nectars, present participle nectaring, simple past and past participle nectared)

  1. (intransitive) To feed on nectar.

References

  • Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “nectar”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Anagrams

  • Canter, Cretan, canter, carnet, centra, creant, recant, tanrec, trance

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

nectar m (plural nectars)

  1. (Greek mythology, Roman mythology) nectar, beverage drunk by the Olympians
    Synonym: godendrank
    Coordinate term: ambrozijn
  2. (botany, insects) nectar, liquid produced by flowers

French

Etymology

From Latin nectar, from Ancient Greek νέκταρ (néktar), from Proto-Indo-European *néḱtr̥h₂, derived from the roots *neḱ- (“to perish, disappear”) and *terh₂- (“to overcome”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nɛk.taʁ/

Noun

nectar m (plural nectars)

  1. nectar (all meanings)

Derived terms

  • nectaire

Descendants

  • → Turkish: nektar

Further reading

  • “nectar”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈnek.tar/, [ˈnɛkt̪är]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈnek.tar/, [ˈnɛkt̪är]

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek νέκταρ (néktar), from Proto-Indo-European *néḱ-tr̥h₂, derived from the roots *neḱ- (“to perish”) and *terh₂- (“to overcome”).

Noun

nectar n sg (genitive nectaris); third declension

  1. nectar
Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem), singular only.

Related terms
  • nectareus
Descendants
  • → English: nectar
  • French: nectar
  • Italian: nettare
  • Portuguese: néctar
  • Spanish: néctar

References

  • “nectar”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “nectar”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “nectar”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “nectar”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

nectar

  1. first-person singular future passive indicative of nectō

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek νέκταρ (néktar) or French nectar.

Noun

nectar n (plural nectaruri)

  1. nectar

Declension


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