noria

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

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

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• Rhymes: -ɔːɹiə

noria (plural norias)

1. A treadwheel 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^[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.

• (water wheel): water wheel

• Ronia, raion, Riano, Irano-, Arion, on air, oiran, on-air

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

• IPA^(key): /nɔ.ʁja/

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noria f (plural norias)

1. noria

• “noria”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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

noria f (plural norie)

1. noria

• Riano, arino, orina, ornai, roani

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

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

noria f (plural norias)

1. noria
2. Ferris wheel

   Synonym: rueda de la fortuna

• → English: noria
• → French: noria

• “noria”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024