nektar

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Danish

Etymology

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

Noun

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

  1. nectar

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek νέκταρ (néktar).

Noun

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

  1. nectar

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

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

Noun

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

  1. nectar

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Verb

nektar

  1. present of nekta

References

Polish

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Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek νέκταρ (néktar).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

Declension

Derived terms

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Further reading

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

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

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

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

Noun

nȅktar m (Cyrillic spelling не̏ктар)

  1. nectar

Declension

Swedish

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Noun

nektar c

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

Declension

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