nectaire
French, noun/nɛk.tɛʁ/
nectaire is a French masculine noun meaning “nectary (gland that secretes nectar)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Organe de certaines fleurs sécrétant le nectar, pouvant être une glande (comme dans les euphorbes), mais…”.
What does nectaire mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinenectary (gland that secretes nectar)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Organe de certaines fleurs sécrétant le nectar, pouvant être une glande (comme dans les euphorbes), mais aussi une différenciation de certains pétales ou de certaines feuilles.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of nectaire
- nectaires plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce nectaire?
- /nɛk.tɛʁ/
- \nɛk.tɛʁ\
- [nɛk.tɛʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to nectaire
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is nectaire in French?
nectaire appears about once in every 3 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).