name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
attar
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈæt.ə/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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General-American: /ˈæt.ɚ/
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General-American: /ˈæt.ɑːɹ/
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US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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rhymes with -ætə(ɹ)
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CMU ARPABET: AE1 T ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
An essential oil extracted from flowers.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 3
A perfume made from this oil.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 4
essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: atar, athar, ottar
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: essential oil, volatile oil
Narrower terms: attar of roses, rose oil
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Persian عطر (atr, “scent”), from Arabic عِطْر (ʕiṭr, “perfume”).
Across languages
Translations
19 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Assamese: আতৰ (ator) — essential oil extracted from flowers
- Bengali: আতর (ator) — essential oil extracted from flowers
- Bulgarian: есенция (esencija) — essential oil extracted from flowers
- Bulgarian: етерично масло (eterično maslo) — essential oil extracted from flowers
- Chinese Mandarin: 香精油 (xiāngjīngyóu) — essential oil extracted from flowers
- Chinese Mandarin: 精油 (jīngyóu) — essential oil extracted from flowers
- Chinese Mandarin: 花油 (huāyóu) — essential oil extracted from flowers
- Gujarati: અત્તર (attar) — essential oil extracted from flowers
- Irish: atar — essential oil extracted from flowers
- Kannada: ಅತ್ತರು (attaru) — essential oil extracted from flowers
- Polish: olejek kwiatowy, atar — essential oil extracted from flowers
- Russian: иттар (ittar) — essential oil extracted from flowers
- Russian: аттар (attar) — essential oil extracted from flowers
- Tamil: அத்தர் (attar) — essential oil extracted from flowers
- Gujarati: અત્તર (attar) — perfume made from this oil
- Polish: perfumy z olejku kwiatowego — perfume made from this oil
- Russian: иттар (ittar) — perfume made from this oil
- Russian: аттар (attar) — perfume made from this oil
- Tamil: அத்தர் (attar) — perfume made from this oil