nectar
English
/ˈnɛk.tə/, /ˈnɛk.təɹ/
noun
Definitions
- (chiefly) The drink of the gods.
- (by extension) Any delicious drink, now especially a type of sweetened fruit juice.
- (botany) The sweet liquid secreted by flowers to attract pollinating insects and birds.
Etymology
Derived from Latin nectar derived from Ancient Greek νέκταρ (nourishment of the gods) derived from Proto-Indo-European *neḱ- (disappear, perish), *neḱ- (disappear, perish).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*neḱ-
Gloss
disappear, perish
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- innocence English
- necrotrophic English
- necrotrophy English
- nectared English
- nectareous English
- nectareously English
- nectariferous English
- nectarine English
- nectarivore English
- nectarivorous English
- nectarize English
- nectarless English
- nectarlessness English
- nectarlike English
- nectarophagous English
- nectarous English
- *adnecāre Latin
- *adnecāre, *adnecare Latin
- enecāre Latin
- innocens Latin
- innocentem Latin
- innocentia Latin
- innocuus Latin
- interneco Latin
- neco Latin
- necrologium Latin
- nectar Latin
- nectareus Latin
- necāre Latin
- necāre, neco, necō Latin
- necō Latin
- nocens Latin
- nocentem Latin
- noceō Latin
- nocivus Latin
- nocumentum Latin
- nocuus Latin
- nocēbō Latin
- nocēre Latin
- nocīvus Latin
- noxa Latin
- noxalis Latin
- noxia Latin
- noxitudo Latin
- noxius Latin
- noxālem Latin
- obnoxiosus Latin
- obnoxius Latin
- obnoxiōsus Latin
- perniciosus Latin
- Nektar German
- annegamento Italian
- innocentemente Italian
- innocentismo Italian
- innocentista Italian
- innocentizzazione Italian
- innocuamente Italian
- innocuizzare Italian
- necrobiosi Italian
- necrobiotico Italian
- necrofagia Italian
- necrofagico Italian
- necrofago Italian
- necrofila Italian
- necrofilia Italian
- necrofilo Italian
- necrofito Italian
- necrofobia Italian
- necrofobico Italian
- necrofobo Italian
- necrolisi Italian
- necrologia Italian
- necrologico Italian
- necrologista Italian
- necropsia Italian
- necrormone Italian
- necroscopia Italian
- necroscopico Italian
- necroscopo Italian
- necrospermia Italian
- necrotizzare Italian
- necrotomia Italian
- necrotrofia Italian
- necrotrofismo Italian
- necrotrofo Italian
- negromante Italian
- nettare Italian
- nettario Italian
- nettarivoro Italian
- nettaroconca Italian
- nettarofago Italian
- nettaroteca Italian
- nettarovia Italian
- nocivamente Italian
- nocività Italian
- nuocere Italian
- innocenter French
- nectar French
- nocif French
- nocivité French
- parnuire French
- anegación Spanish, Castilian
- anegadizo Spanish, Castilian
- anegamiento Spanish, Castilian
- néctar Spanish, Castilian
- νέκρωσις Ancient Greek
- νέκταρ Ancient Greek
- νέκυς Ancient Greek
- νεκάς Ancient Greek
- νεκράγγελος Ancient Greek
- νεκραγωγέω Ancient Greek
- νεκραγωγός Ancient Greek
- νεκρο- Ancient Greek
- νεκρομαντεία Ancient Greek
- νεκροπόλεις Ancient Greek
- νεκροφόρος Ancient Greek
- νεκρωτικός Ancient Greek
- νεκρόμαντις Ancient Greek
- νεκρόπολις Ancient Greek
- νεκρός Ancient Greek
- νεκτάρεος Ancient Greek
- νεκυϊκός Ancient Greek
- νεκυϊσμός Ancient Greek
- νεκύδαλος Ancient Greek
- *neḱ- Proto-Indo-European
- *neḱ-rós Proto-Indo-European
- *neḱ-tós Proto-Indo-European
- *noḱ-éye-ti Proto-Indo-European
- *noḱéye- Proto-Indo-European
- *néḱ-tr̥h₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *néḱ-ye-ti Proto-Indo-European
- *néḱtr̥h₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *n̥ḱtu Proto-Indo-European
- *n̥ḱw-ó- Proto-Indo-European
- *tpelH- Proto-Indo-European
- nektar Norwegian Bokmål
- néctar Portuguese
- nektar Polish
- nektar Norwegian Nynorsk
- नष्ट- Sanskrit
- नष्टचन्द्र Sanskrit
- nektar Danish
- nektar Serbo-Croatian
- néctar Galician
- înecare Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- گناه Persian
- νέκταρ Greek (modern)
- nektarien Afrikaans
- *ankus Proto-Celtic
- *neks Proto-Italic
- näk- Tocharian B
- noghimentu Sardinian