nenúfar

See also: nenufar and nénufar

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /neˈnu.fɐʁ/ [neˈnu.fɐh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /neˈnu.fɐʁ/ [neˈnu.fɐh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /neˈnu.fɐɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /neˈnu.fɐʁ/ [neˈnu.fɐχ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /neˈnu.faɻ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /nɨˈnu.faɾ/

• Hyphenation: ne‧nú‧far

Noun

nenúfar m (plural nenúfares)

1. nenuphar; water lily

   Synonym: ninfeia

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed 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”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /neˈnufaɾ/ [neˈnu.faɾ]
• Rhymes: -ufaɾ
• Syllabification: ne‧nú‧far

Noun

nenúfar m (plural nenúfares)

1. water lily, white waterlily

   Synonym: ninfea

Further reading

• “nenúfar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10