nectar

== English == === 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) (chiefly mythology) The drink of the gods. [from 16th c.] (by extension) Any delicious drink, now especially a type of sweetened fruit juice. [from 16th c.] (botany) The sweet liquid secreted by flowers to attract pollinating insects and birds. [from 17th c.] ==== Derived terms ==== ==== 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) (intransitive) To feed on nectar. === References === Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “nectar”, in Online Etymology Dictionary. === Anagrams === Canter, Cretan, canter, carnet, centra, creant, recant, tanrec, trance == Dutch == === Pronunciation === === Noun === nectar m (plural nectars, no diminutive) (Greek mythology, Roman mythology) nectar, beverage drunk by the Olympians Synonym: godendrank Coordinate term: ambrozijn (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) 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 Latin) IPA(key): [ˈnɛk.tar] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈnɛk.tar] === 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 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 first-person singular future passive indicative of nectō == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek νέκταρ (néktar) or French nectar. === Noun === nectar n (plural nectaruri) nectar ==== Declension ====