noria

English

WOTD – 17 November 2008

a noria

Etymology

From Spanish noria, from Arabic نَاعُورَة (nāʕūra), from Classical Syriac ܢܥܘܪܬܐ (nāʿōrtāʾ, “water wheel; growler”), from ܢܥܪ (nʿar, “to roar, growl, bray”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈnɔː.ɹɪə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈnɔɹ.i.ə/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɔːɹiə

Noun

noria (plural norias)

1. A tread wheel with attached buckets, used to raise and deposit water.
2. Any mechanism using buckets to raise water to an aqueduct.
   • 1901 October 11, Colonel F. V. Corbett, “Report on Irrigation in Natal”, in The Agricultural Journal and Mining Record‎^[1], volume 4, number 16, page 492:

     The "Noria" pump is a bucket-and-chain arrangement, well known, I believe, in the Cape Colony as the "bakkies" pump; it is very effective for it lifts from 10 feet to 30 feet.

Synonyms

• (water wheel): water wheel

Translations

a water wheel with buckets

• Arabic: نَاعُورَة (nāʕūra)
• Catalan: sínia (ca) f
• Czech: zdvižné čerpadlo
• French: noria (fr) f
• Italian: noria (it) f
• Ottoman Turkish: صو طولابی (su dolabı)
• Portuguese: nora (pt) f
• Russian: нория (ru) f (norija), ковшовый элеватор m (kovšovyj elevator)
• Spanish: noria (es) f

any machine using buckets

• Catalan: sínia (ca) f
• French: noria (fr)
• German: Schöpfwerk (de) n
• Spanish: noria (es) f

Anagrams

• Arion, Irano-, Riano, oiran, on air, on-air, raion

French

Etymology

From Spanish noria, from Arabic نَاعُورَة (nāʕūra), from Classical Syriac ܢܥܘܪܬܐ (nāʿōrtāʾ, “water wheel; growler”), from ܢܥܪ (nʿar, “to roar, growl, bray”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɔ.ʁja/

• Audio:

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Noun

noria f (plural norias)

1. noria

Further reading

• “noria”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Etymology

From Arabic نَاعُورَة (nāʕūra), from Classical Syriac ܢܥܘܪܬܐ (nāʿōrtāʾ, “water wheel; growler”), from ܢܥܪ (nʿar, “to roar, growl, bray”).

Noun

noria f (plural norie)

1. noria

Anagrams

• Riano, arino, orina, ornai, roani

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic نَاعُورَة (nāʕūra), from Classical Syriac ܢܥܘܪܬܐ (nāʿōrtāʾ, “water wheel; growler”), from ܢܥܪ (nʿar, “to roar, growl, bray”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnoɾja/ [ˈno.ɾja]
• Rhymes: -oɾja
• Syllabification: no‧ria

Noun

noria f (plural norias)

1. noria
2. Ferris wheel

   Synonym: rueda de la fortuna

Descendants

• → English: noria
• → French: noria

Further reading

• “noria”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014