nectar

B1 Topic:Food & Drink

US /ˈnɛk.təɹ/ UK /ˈnɛk.tə/ See IPA manual

Freq #14667

Meanings

1

noun
The sweet liquid that flowers produce to attract bees, birds, and other animals.

Bees collect nectar from flowers to make honey.
2

noun
A delicious sweet drink, especially a thick fruit juice.

We drank cold peach nectar in the heat.

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Derived forms nectariferousnectarivorenectarivorousnectarizenectarlessnectarlikenectarophagous

Related forms ambrosia nectarine nectarous nectary pollen

Etymology

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”).

*neḱ- Proto-Indo-European nectar Latin νέκταρ Ancient Greek

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# nectar

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈnɛk.təɹ/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈnɛk.tə/
**Frequency rank:** 14667

## Meanings
1. The sweet liquid that flowers produce to attract bees, birds, and other animals.
2. A delicious sweet drink, especially a thick fruit juice.

## Examples
- Bees collect nectar from flowers to make honey.
- We drank cold peach nectar in the heat.

## Derived Forms
- nectariferous
- nectarivore
- nectarivorous
- nectarize
- nectarless
- nectarlike
- nectarophagous

## Related Forms
- ambrosia
- nectarine
- nectarous
- nectary
- pollen

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *neḱ-
- Root: nectar
- Root: νέκταρ

## Etymology
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”).

## AI Etymology
Nectar comes 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”). Modern senses include the sweet liquid that flowers produce to attract bees, birds, and other animals and a delicious sweet drink, especially a thick fruit juice. The wider word family includes derivatives such as nectariferous, nectarivore, nectarivorous, nectarize, nectarless, and nectarlike and related forms such as ambrosia, nectarine, nectarous, and nectary.

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- Food & Drink

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