noria

English

WOTD – 17 November 2008
a noria

Etymology

From Spanish noria, from Arabic نَاعُورَة (nāʕūra), from Classical Syriac ܢܥܘܪܬܐ (nāʿōrtāʾ, water wheel; growler), from ܢܥܪ (nʿar, to roar, growl, bray).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈnɔː.ɹɪə/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈnɔɹ.i.ə/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔːɹiə

Noun

noria (plural norias)

  1. A tread wheel with attached buckets, used to raise and deposit water.
  2. 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, 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.

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French

Etymology

From Spanish noria, from Arabic نَاعُورَة (nāʕūra), from Classical Syriac ܢܥܘܪܬܐ (nāʿōrtāʾ, water wheel; growler), from ܢܥܪ (nʿar, to roar, growl, bray).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nɔ.ʁja/
  • (file)

Noun

noria f (plural norias)

  1. noria

Further reading

Italian

Etymology

From Arabic نَاعُورَة (nāʕūra), from Classical Syriac ܢܥܘܪܬܐ (nāʿōrtāʾ, water wheel; growler), from ܢܥܪ (nʿar, to roar, growl, bray).

Noun

noria f (plural norie)

  1. noria

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic نَاعُورَة (nāʕūra), from Classical Syriac ܢܥܘܪܬܐ (nāʿōrtāʾ, water wheel; growler), from ܢܥܪ (nʿar, to roar, growl, bray).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnoɾja/ [ˈno.ɾja]
  • Rhymes: -oɾja
  • Syllabification: no‧ria

Noun

noria f (plural norias)

  1. noria
  2. Ferris wheel
    Synonym: rueda de la fortuna

Descendants

  • English: noria
  • French: noria

Further reading

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