nenúfar

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See also: nenufar and nénufar

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /neˈnu.fɐʁ/
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /neˈnu.fɐɾ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /neˈnu.fɐʁ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /neˈnu.faɻ/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /nɨˈnu.faɾ/

Hyphenation: ne‧nú‧far

Noun

nenúfar m (plural nenúfares)

nenuphar; water lily
Synonym: ninfeia

Spanish

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nenúfar

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin nenuphar, from Arabic نِلُوفَر (nilūfar), نِينُوفَر (nīnūfar), from Middle Persian nylw(k)pl (nīlōpal, “lotus, water-lily”), from Sanskrit नीलोत्पल (nīlotpala, “blue lotus”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /neˈnufaɾ/
Rhymes: -ufaɾ
Syllabification: ne‧nú‧far

Noun

nenúfar m (plural nenúfares)

water lily, white waterlily
Synonym: ninfea

Further reading

“nenúfar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

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