nenuphar
UK/ˈnɛnjʊfɑː/US/ˈnɛnjəˌfɑɹ/
nenuphar noun: a water lily, especially the European white water lily (Nymphaea alba) or the yellow water lily (Nuphar lutea).
Noun
nenuphar (plural nenuphars)
- A water lily, especially the European white water lily (Nymphaea alba) or the yellow water lily (Nuphar lutea).
- We'll try the «lunar waltz» while floats afar / Upon the liquid night — night's nenuphar.1920, Natalie Clifford Barney, “A Parisian Roof Garden in 1918”, in Poems & poèmes
- Arrived at the stall of a fruiterer, she bought Syrian apples, Osmāni quinces, peaches from Uman, jasmine of Aleppo, Damascene nenuphars, cucumbers from the Nile, limes from Egypt, Sultānī citrons, myrtle berries, flowers of henna, blood-red anemones, violets, pomegranate bloom, and the narcissus.1923, Powys Mathers, transl., The Thousand Nights and One Night
Forms of nenuphar
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Origin of nenuphar
From Medieval Latin nenuphar, from Arabic نِلُوفَر (nilūfar), نِينُوفَر (nīnūfar), from Middle Persian nylw(k)pl (nīlōpal, “lotus, water-lily”), from Sanskrit नीलोत्पल (nīlotpala, “blue lotus”), from नील (nīla, “blue”) + उत्पल (utpala, “lotus, water-lily”). Compare French nénufar.
Questions about nenuphar
- What does nenuphar mean?
- Nenuphar means a water lily, especially the European white water lily (Nymphaea alba) or the yellow water lily (Nuphar lutea).
- What part of speech is nenuphar?
- Nenuphar is a noun.
- How do you pronounce nenuphar?
- Nenuphar is pronounced /ˈnɛnjʊfɑː/ (UK).
- What is the plural of nenuphar?
- The plural of nenuphar is nenuphars.
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