nestor
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Nestor
See also: Nestor
English
Noun
nestor (plural nestors)
- Any parrot of the genus Nestor.
Anagrams
- noters, tenors, sterno-, Trones, Stoner, Treons, rest on, tensor, trones, Sterno, Nortes, toners, Reston, stoner, -setron
Czech
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Pronunciation
Noun
nestor m anim
- any parrot of the genus Nestor
Declension
Finnish
Etymology
< Nestor
Pronunciation
Noun
nestor
- doyen (the senior, or eldest male member of a group)
Declension
| Inflection of nestor (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | nestor | nestorit | |
| genitive | nestorin | nestorien | |
| partitive | nestoria | nestoreja | |
| illative | nestoriin | nestoreihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | nestor | nestorit | |
| accusative | nom. | nestor | nestorit |
| gen. | nestorin | ||
| genitive | nestorin | nestorien | |
| partitive | nestoria | nestoreja | |
| inessive | nestorissa | nestoreissa | |
| elative | nestorista | nestoreista | |
| illative | nestoriin | nestoreihin | |
| adessive | nestorilla | nestoreilla | |
| ablative | nestorilta | nestoreilta | |
| allative | nestorille | nestoreille | |
| essive | nestorina | nestoreina | |
| translative | nestoriksi | nestoreiksi | |
| abessive | nestoritta | nestoreitta | |
| instructive | — | nestorein | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Further reading
- “nestor”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
Polish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Νέστωρ (Néstōr), the name of an elderly warrior in Homer's Iliad who frequently offers advice to the other characters.
Pronunciation
Noun
nestor m pers (female equivalent nestorka)
- doyen, senior (oldest member of the family by age)
- doyen, elder, senior (eldest or most experienced member of a group)
- Synonyms: patriarcha, senior
Declension
Declension of nestor
Noun
nestor m animal
- nestor, New Zealand parrot (any parrot of the genus Nestor)
Declension
Declension of nestor