noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈnɪəɹəli/
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General-American:/ˈnɛɹəli/
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noun
Meaning 1
More fully neroli oil or oil of neroli: an essential oil distilled from the blossoms of the bitter orange or Seville orange (Citrus × aurantium subsp. amara) used to make perfumes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Borrowed from French néroli (“neroli”), from Nerola, a town and comune in the Metropolitan City of Rome, Lazio, Italy. Marie Anne de La Trémoille, princesse des Ursins (1642–1722), Princess of Nerola but originally from France, is thought to have made neroli popular as a fragrance in her country of birth around 1670. The word is cognate with Italian (obsolete) nerola, neroli.
Across languages
Translations
16 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian:
неро́ли
(neróli)
— essential oil obtained from the blossom of the bitter orange
Catalan:
oli de flor de taronger
— essential oil obtained from the blossom of the bitter orange
Chinese Mandarin:
橙花油
(chénghuāyóu)
— essential oil obtained from the blossom of the bitter orange
French:
néroli
— essential oil obtained from the blossom of the bitter orange
German:
Neroli
— essential oil obtained from the blossom of the bitter orange
Greek:
νέρολι
(néroli)
— essential oil obtained from the blossom of the bitter orange
Italian:
neroli
— essential oil obtained from the blossom of the bitter orange
Italian:
nerola
— essential oil obtained from the blossom of the bitter orange
Japanese:
ネロリ
(nerori)
— essential oil obtained from the blossom of the bitter orange
Portuguese:
oléo de néroli
— essential oil obtained from the blossom of the bitter orange
Russian:
неролиевое масло
(nerolijevoje maslo)
— essential oil obtained from the blossom of the bitter orange
Russian:
флёрдоранжевое масло
(fljórdoranževoje maslo)
— essential oil obtained from the blossom of the bitter orange
Spanish:
neroli
— essential oil obtained from the blossom of the bitter orange
Spanish:
aceite de flores de naranjo
— essential oil obtained from the blossom of the bitter orange
Swedish:
neroli
— essential oil obtained from the blossom of the bitter orange
Vietnamese:
dầu hoa cam
— essential oil obtained from the blossom of the bitter orange
