noria

English

WOTD – 17 November 2008    

Wikipedia

a noria

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ɔːriə

Noun

noria (plural norias)

1. A water wheel with attached buckets, used to raise and deposit water.
2. Any machine using buckets to raise water to an aqueduct.

Synonyms

• (water wheel): water wheel

Translations

a water wheel with buckets

• Arabic: ناعورة (ar) (nāʿūra)
• Catalan: sínia (ca) f
• French: noria (fr) f
• Italian: noria (it) f

• Portuguese: nora (pt) f
• Russian: нория f, ковшовый элеватор m
• Spanish: noria (es) f

any machine using buckets

• German: Schöpfwerk (de) n

• Spanish: noria (es) f

Anagrams

• oiran, on air, on-air, raion

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French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: /nɔʁja/

Noun

noria f (plural norias)

1. noria

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Spanish

Etymology

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

Noun

noria f (plural norias)

1. noria
2. Ferris wheel

Synonyms

• (Ferris wheel): rueda de la fortuna