noria
English edit
Etymology edit
From Spanish noria, from Arabic نَاعُورَة (nāʕūra), from Classical Syriac ܢܥܘܪܬܐ (nāʿōrtāʾ, “water wheel; growler”), from ܢܥܪ (nʿar, “to roar, growl, bray”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
noria (plural norias)
- A tread wheel with attached buckets, used to raise and deposit water.
- 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 edit
- (water wheel): water wheel
Translations edit
a water wheel with buckets
any machine using buckets
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French edit
Etymology edit
From Spanish noria, from Arabic نَاعُورَة (nāʕūra), from Classical Syriac ܢܥܘܪܬܐ (nāʿōrtāʾ, “water wheel; growler”), from ܢܥܪ (nʿar, “to roar, growl, bray”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
noria f (plural norias)
Further reading edit
- “noria”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian edit
Etymology edit
From Arabic نَاعُورَة (nāʕūra), from Classical Syriac ܢܥܘܪܬܐ (nāʿōrtāʾ, “water wheel; growler”), from ܢܥܪ (nʿar, “to roar, growl, bray”).
Noun edit
noria f (plural norie)
Anagrams edit
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Arabic نَاعُورَة (nāʕūra), from Classical Syriac ܢܥܘܪܬܐ (nāʿōrtāʾ, “water wheel; growler”), from ܢܥܪ (nʿar, “to roar, growl, bray”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
noria f (plural norias)
- noria
- Ferris wheel
- Synonym: rueda de la fortuna
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- “noria”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014