nenúfar
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /neˈnu.fɐʁ/ [neˈnu.fɐh]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /neˈnu.fɐɾ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /neˈnu.fɐʁ/ [neˈnu.fɐχ]
- (Caipira) IPA(key): /neˈnu.fɐɻ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /neˈnu.faʁ/ [neˈnu.fah]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /nɨˈnu.faɾ/
- Hyphenation: ne‧nú‧far
Noun
nenúfar m (plural nenúfares)
- nenuphar; water lily
- Synonym: ninfeia
Further reading
- “nenúfar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “nenúfar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin nenuphar, from Arabic نِيلَوْفَر (nīlawfar), 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)
- water lily
- Synonym: ninfea
Further reading
- “nenúfar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025