nectar

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• US: /ˈnɛk.təɹ/
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• CMU ARPABET: N EH1 K T ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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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”).

175 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: menjë — drink of the gods
• Assamese: অমিয়া (omia) — drink of the gods
• Belarusian: некта́р (njektár) — drink of the gods
• Belarusian: нэкта́р (nektár) — drink of the gods
• Bulgarian: некта́р (nektár) — drink of the gods
• Burmese: သုဓာ (su.dha) — drink of the gods
• Burmese: နတ်သုဓာ (natsu.dha) — drink of the gods
• Catalan: nèctar — drink of the gods
• Chinese Mandarin: 瓊漿 /琼浆 (qióngjiāng) — drink of the gods
• Chinese Mandarin: 神酒 (shénjiǔ) — drink of the gods
• Czech: nektar — drink of the gods
• Danish: nektar — drink of the gods
• Dutch: nectar — drink of the gods
• Dutch: nektar — drink of the gods
• Estonian: nektar — drink of the gods
• Finnish: nektari — drink of the gods
• French: nectar — drink of the gods
• Galician: néctar — drink of the gods
• Georgian: ნექტარი (nekṭari) — drink of the gods
• German: Nektar — drink of the gods
• Greek: νέκταρ (néktar) — drink of the gods
• Ancient Greek: νέκταρ (néktar) — drink of the gods
• Hindi: सुधा (sudhā) — drink of the gods
• Hindi: अमृत (amŕt) — drink of the gods
• Hungarian: istenek itala — drink of the gods
• Hungarian: nektár — drink of the gods
• Irish: neachtar — drink of the gods
• Italian: nettare — drink of the gods
• Japanese: 神酒 (miki) — drink of the gods
• Japanese: 神酒 (shinshu) — drink of the gods
• Korean: 신주 (sinju) — drink of the gods
• Latin: nectar — drink of the gods
• Norwegian Bokmål: nektar — drink of the gods
• Norwegian Nynorsk: nektar — drink of the gods
• Iranian Persian: نوش (nuš) — drink of the gods
• Polish: nektar — drink of the gods
• Portuguese: néctar — drink of the gods
• Portuguese: néctar dos deuses — drink of the gods
• Romanian: nectar — drink of the gods
• Russian: некта́р (nektár) — drink of the gods
• Spanish: néctar — drink of the gods
• Swedish: nektar — drink of the gods
• Thai: น้ําทิพย์ — drink of the gods
• Turkish: nektar — drink of the gods
• Ukrainian: некта́р (nektár) — drink of the gods
• Urdu: آبِ حَیات (āb-i hayāt) — drink of the gods
• Urdu: اَمْرِت (amrit) — drink of the gods
• Uzbek: obi hayot — drink of the gods
• Welsh: neithdar — drink of the gods
• Albanian: menjë — sweet liquid secreted by flowers
• Albanian: mjalcë — sweet liquid secreted by flowers
• Albanian: nektar — sweet liquid secreted by flowers
• Arabic: رَحِيق (raḥīq) — sweet liquid secreted by flowers
• Armenian: նեկտար (nektar) — sweet liquid secreted by flowers
• Armenian: ծաղկահյութ (caġkahyutʻ) — sweet liquid secreted by flowers
• Assamese: অমিয়া (omia) — sweet liquid secreted by flowers
• Azerbaijani: nektar — sweet liquid secreted by flowers
• Belarusian: некта́р (njektár) — sweet liquid secreted by flowers
• Belarusian: нэкта́р (nektár) — sweet liquid secreted by flowers
• Central Bikol: duga — sweet liquid secreted by flowers
• Bulgarian: некта́р (nektár) — sweet liquid secreted by flowers
• Burmese: ပန်းဝတ်ရည် (pan:watrany) — sweet liquid secreted by flowers
• Catalan: nèctar — sweet liquid secreted by flowers
• Chinese Cantonese: 花蜜 (faa1 mat6) — sweet liquid secreted by flowers
• Chinese: 花蜜 (hoe-bi̍t) — sweet liquid secreted by flowers
• Chinese Mandarin: 花蜜 (huāmì) — sweet liquid secreted by flowers
• Czech: nektar — sweet liquid secreted by flowers
• Danish: nektar — sweet liquid secreted by flowers
• Dutch: nectar — sweet liquid secreted by flowers
• Dutch: nektar — sweet liquid secreted by flowers
• Erzya: улаз (ulaz) — sweet liquid secreted by flowers
• Esperanto: nektaro — sweet liquid secreted by flowers
• Estonian: nektar — sweet liquid secreted by flowers
• Estonian: õienektar — sweet liquid secreted by flowers
• Estonian: neste — sweet liquid secreted by flowers
• Estonian: mesineste — sweet liquid secreted by flowers
• Estonian: õiemahl — sweet liquid secreted by flowers
• Estonian: mesimahl — sweet liquid secreted by flowers
• Finnish: mesi — sweet liquid secreted by flowers
• French: nectar — sweet liquid secreted by flowers
• Galician: néctar — sweet liquid secreted by flowers
• Georgian: ნექტარი (nekṭari) — sweet liquid secreted by flowers
• German: Nektar — sweet liquid secreted by flowers
• Greek: νέκταρ (néktar) — sweet liquid secreted by flowers
• Hebrew: צוּף (tsuf) — sweet liquid secreted by flowers
• Hindi: अमृत (amŕt) — sweet liquid secreted by flowers
• Hindi: मधुरस (madhuras) — sweet liquid secreted by flowers
• Hindi: मकरंद (makrand) — sweet liquid secreted by flowers
• Hindi: पुष्प-रस (puṣp-ras) — sweet liquid secreted by flowers
• Hindi: अमरितस्राव (amritasrāv) — sweet liquid secreted by flowers
• Hungarian: virágméz — sweet liquid secreted by flowers
• Icelandic: blómasafi — sweet liquid secreted by flowers
• Ido: nektaro — sweet liquid secreted by flowers
• Ingrian: mesi — sweet liquid secreted by flowers
• Ingrian: meto — sweet liquid secreted by flowers
• Irish: neachtar — sweet liquid secreted by flowers
• Italian: nettare — sweet liquid secreted by flowers
• Japanese: 花蜜 (kamitsu) — sweet liquid secreted by flowers
• Japanese: 蜜 (mitsu) — sweet liquid secreted by flowers
• Kazakh: балшырын (balşyryn) — sweet liquid secreted by flowers
• Kazakh: шірне (şırne) — sweet liquid secreted by flowers
• Korean: 꽃꿀 (kkotkkul) — sweet liquid secreted by flowers
• Korean: 화밀 (hwamil) — sweet liquid secreted by flowers
• Korean: 꿀 (kkul) — sweet liquid secreted by flowers
• Kyrgyz: нектар (nektar) — sweet liquid secreted by flowers
• Latvian: nektārs — sweet liquid secreted by flowers
• Lithuanian: nektaras — sweet liquid secreted by flowers
• Macedonian: нектар (nektar) — sweet liquid secreted by flowers
• Māori: waihonga — sweet liquid secreted by flowers
• Māori: ngongo — sweet liquid secreted by flowers
• Navajo: chʼilátah baa hózhónii bijeeh — sweet liquid secreted by flowers
• Norwegian Bokmål: nektar — sweet liquid secreted by flowers
• Norwegian Nynorsk: nektar — sweet liquid secreted by flowers
• Iranian Persian: شَهْد (šahd) — sweet liquid secreted by flowers
• Polish: nektar — sweet liquid secreted by flowers
• Portuguese: néctar — sweet liquid secreted by flowers
• Romanian: nectar — sweet liquid secreted by flowers
• Russian: некта́р (nektár) — sweet liquid secreted by flowers
• Serbo-Croatian: не̏ктар — sweet liquid secreted by flowers
• Serbo-Croatian: nȅktar — sweet liquid secreted by flowers
• Slovak: nektár — sweet liquid secreted by flowers
• Slovene: nektar — sweet liquid secreted by flowers
• Spanish: néctar — sweet liquid secreted by flowers
• Swahili: mbochi — sweet liquid secreted by flowers
• Swahili: nekta — sweet liquid secreted by flowers
• Swedish: nektar — sweet liquid secreted by flowers
• Tajik: шаҳд (šahd) — sweet liquid secreted by flowers
• Telugu: పూదేనె (pūdēne) — sweet liquid secreted by flowers
• Thai: น้ําต้อย — sweet liquid secreted by flowers
• Turkish: bal özü — sweet liquid secreted by flowers
• Turkish: nektar — sweet liquid secreted by flowers
• Ukrainian: некта́р (nektár) — sweet liquid secreted by flowers
• Urdu: مَکَرَنْد (makarand) — sweet liquid secreted by flowers
• Urdu: مَکْرَنْد (makrand) — sweet liquid secreted by flowers
• Urdu: شِیرَۂ پُھول (śīra-yi phūl) — sweet liquid secreted by flowers
• Urdu: رَسِ پُھول (ras-i phūl) — sweet liquid secreted by flowers
• Uzbek: nektar — sweet liquid secreted by flowers
• Uzbek: gulshira — sweet liquid secreted by flowers
• Uzbek: gul shirasi — sweet liquid secreted by flowers
• Vietnamese: mật hoa — sweet liquid secreted by flowers
• Vietnamese: mật — sweet liquid secreted by flowers
• Welsh: neithdar — sweet liquid secreted by flowers
• Albanian: menjë — any delicious drink
• Belarusian: некта́р (njektár) — any delicious drink
• Belarusian: нэкта́р (nektár) — any delicious drink
• Bulgarian: некта́р (nektár) — any delicious drink
• Catalan: nèctar — any delicious drink
• Chinese Mandarin: 美酒 (měijiǔ) — any delicious drink
• Danish: nektar — any delicious drink
• Danish: saftevand — any delicious drink
• Dutch: nectar — any delicious drink
• Dutch: nektar — any delicious drink
• Estonian: nektar — any delicious drink
• Estonian: neste — any delicious drink
• Finnish: nektari — any delicious drink
• Finnish: linnunmaito — any delicious drink
• Finnish: mehu — any delicious drink
• French: nectar — any delicious drink
• German: Nektar — any delicious drink
• Greek: νέκταρ (néktar) — any delicious drink
• Hindi: अमृत (amŕt) — any delicious drink
• Hungarian: nektár — any delicious drink
• Irish: neachtar — any delicious drink
• Italian: nettare — any delicious drink
• Japanese: 美酒 (bishu) — any delicious drink
• Korean: 넥타 (nekta) — any delicious drink
• Korean: 미주 (miju) — any delicious drink
• Iranian Persian: نِکْتار (nektâr) — any delicious drink
• Iranian Persian: نوش (nuš) — any delicious drink
• Polish: nektar — any delicious drink
• Portuguese: néctar dos deuses — any delicious drink
• Romanian: nectar — any delicious drink
• Russian: некта́р (nektár) — any delicious drink
• Swedish: nektar — any delicious drink
• Ukrainian: некта́р (nektár) — any delicious drink