noria
English
Etymology
From Spanish noria, from Arabic نَاعُورَة (nāʿūra), 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/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɔːɹiə
Noun
noria (plural norias)
- A water wheel with attached buckets, used to raise and deposit water.
- Any machine 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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Synonyms
- (water wheel): water wheel
Translations
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Anagrams
- Arion, Irano-, Riano, oiran, on air, on-air, raion
French
Etymology
From Spanish noria, from Arabic نَاعُورَة (nāʿūra), from Classical Syriac ܢܥܘܪܬܐ (nāʿōrtāʾ, “water wheel; growler”), from ܢܥܪ (nʿar, “to roar, growl, bray”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nɔ.ʁja/
Audio (file)
Noun
noria f (plural norias)
- noria
Further reading
- “noria”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Etymology
From Arabic نَاعُورَة (nāʿūra), from Classical Syriac ܢܥܘܪܬܐ (nāʿōrtāʾ, “water wheel; growler”), from ܢܥܪ (nʿar, “to roar, growl, bray”).
Noun
noria f (plural norie)
- noria
Anagrams
- Riano, arino, orina, ornai, roani
Spanish
Etymology
From Arabic نَاعُورَة (nāʿūra), 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)
- noria
- Ferris wheel
- Synonym: rueda de la fortuna
Descendants
- → English: noria
- → French: noria
Further reading
- “noria”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014