nectar
Syllables: nec·tar/ˈnɛk.tə/US/ˈnɛk.təɹ/
nectar noun: the drink of the gods.
Noun
nectar (countable and uncountable, plural nectars)
- The drink of the gods.
- They pourd in soveraine balme and Nectar good, / Good both for erthly med'cine and for hevenly food.1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto IV”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
- Any delicious drink, now especially a type of sweetened fruit juice.
- The sweet liquid secreted by flowers to attract pollinating insects and birds.
Verb
nectar (third-person singular simple present nectars, present participle nectaring, simple past and past participle nectared)
- To feed on nectar.
- Nectaring is one of butterflies' favourite activities.
- On the lane below, more orangetips nectared on spring beauties and violets.2010, Robert Michael Pyle, Mariposa Road: The First Butterfly Big Year, page 123
nectar meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
nectar in Hindi
- drink of the gods
- सुधा sudhā, अमृत amŕt
- any delicious drink
- अमृत amŕt
- sweet liquid secreted by flowers
- अमृत amŕt, मधुरस madhuras, मकरंद makrand, पुष्प-रस puṣp-ras, अमरितस्राव amritasrāv
nectar in Tamil
- அமிழ்தம், தேன், அமுதம், மலர்த்தேன், மது
nectar in Urdu
- drink of the gods
- آبِ حَیات āb-i hayāt, اَمْرِت amrit
- sweet liquid secreted by flowers
- مَکَرَنْد makarand, مَکْرَنْد makrand, شِیرَۂ پُھول śīra-yi phūl, رَسِ پُھول ras-i phūl
nectar in Bengali
- দেবতাদের পানীয়, সুরা, অমৃত, মকরন্দ, পুষ্পমধু
More languagesFewer languages
- nectar in Telugu
- పూదేనె pūdēne
- nectar in Malayalam
- പൂന്തേൻ, അമൃതം, പിയൂഷം
- nectar in Kannada
- ಮಕರಂದ, ಬಂಡು, ಜೇನು, ಮಧು
- nectar in Punjabi
- مدھ madh
- nectar in Sanskrit
- अमृत amṛ́ta, सुधा sudhā, पीयूष pīyū́ṣa, कीलाल
- nectar in Sinhala
- ඔද oda, මධු madhu
- nectar in Assamese
- অমিয়া omia
- nectar in Arabic
- رَحِيق raḥīq
- nectar in Thai
- น้ำทิพย์, น้ำต้อย
- nectar in Vietnamese
- mật hoa, mật
- nectar in Myanmar
- သုဓာ su.dha, နတ်သုဓာ natsu.dha, ပန်းဝတ်ရည် pan:watrany
Examples of nectar in a sentence
- Bees and flowers display symbiosis. The bees get nectar and the flowers get pollinated.
- Bees help pollinate flowers as they collect nectar.
- In addition to being the obligate food source for monarch caterpillars, milkweeds also provide abundant nectar for the adult butterflies.
Forms of nectar
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | nectars |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | nectars |
| present participle | nectaring |
| past participle | nectared |
| past | nectared |
Origin of nectar
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”).
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Questions about nectar
- What does nectar mean?
- Nectar means the drink of the gods.
- What is nectar in Hindi?
- Nectar in Hindi is सुधा (sudhā), अमृत (amŕt), मधुरस (madhuras). See Nectar meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is nectar?
- Nectar can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce nectar?
- Nectar is pronounced /ˈnɛk.tə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of nectar?
- The plural of nectar is nectars.
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Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: nectar (page history and authors); nectar (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); nectar (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); nectar (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); nectar (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); مدھ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); अमृत (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); ඔද (Sinhala) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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