nektar
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
- IPA(key): /nɛktaːr/, [ˈnɛɡ̊tˢɑːˀ]
Noun
nektar c (singular definite nektaren, not used in plural form)
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
- IPA(key): /ˈnɛktɑr/
Noun
nektar m (definite singular nektaren, indefinite plural nektarar, definite plural nektarane)
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²nɛktɑr/
Verb
nektar
- present tense of nekta
References
- “nektar” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish
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): [ˈnɛktar]
Noun
nektar m inan
Declension
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)