nard

naʁ

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Definition of nard - Reverso French Dictionary

Noun, masculine

huile antique

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huile parfumée extraite de racines de certaines plantes

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Les Romains utilisaient le nard pour parfumer leurs vêtements.

essence aromatique

botanique

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plante herbacée aromatique des prés de la famille des graminées

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Le nard raide pousse dans les prairies de montagne.

herbe aromatique

parfum

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plante herbacée très odorante de la famille des valérianacées

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Le nard himalayéen est réputé pour son parfum intense.

jeu perse

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jeu de plateau d'origine perse semblable au backgammon

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Ils jouaient au nard pendant des heures dans le café.

lavande

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autre nom de la lavande aspic

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Dans cette région, on appelle encore nard cette variété de lavande.

aspic

lavande aspic

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Images of nard

huile parfumée extraite de racines de certaines plantes
plante herbacée très odorante de la famille des valérianacées

Origin of nard

sanskrit, narda (plante aromatique)

Examples of nard in a sentence

Elle a versé du nard sur la tête du roi.
Le nard est utilisé en parfumerie pour son odeur.
On reconnaît le nard à ses longues tiges fines.
On utilisait le nard dans les rituels anciens.
Le parfum de nard embaumait la pièce.
Le nard était très populaire dans la Perse antique.

Mon grand-père m’a appris les règles du nard.
Le nard pousse abondamment sur ces collines.
On extrait une huile essentielle du nard.

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English:spikenard, matgrass, ...
German:Nardenöl, Bergnarde, ...
Italian:nardo, nardus, ...
Spanish:nardo, espartillo, ...
Portuguese:nardo, nardo-dos-prados, ...
Chinese:甘松油, 硬叶香根草, ...
Japanese:ナルドの香油, ナルドグラス, ...
Arabic:ناردين, نارد, ...
Hebrew:נֵרְדְּ, נֵרְדָּה, ...
Russian:нард, ароматная трава, ...
Ukrainian:нардова олія, нарду, ...
Catalan:nard, nardu, ...
Danish:nardusolie, nardus, ...
Dutch:nardusolie, kruidige waterplant, ...
Greek:νάρδος, αρωματικό φυτό νάρδου, ...
Khmer:នាដ់, ស្មៅក្រអូបមួយប្រភេទក្នុងគ្រួសារស្មៅ, ...
Korean:나드유, 나드, ...
Polish:nard, nard zwyczajny, ...
Portuguese (BR):nardo, nard, ...
Romanian:nard, iarbă nard, ...
Swedish:nard, stagg, ...
Thai:น้ำมันนาร์ด, หญ้านาร์ด, ...
Turkish:nard yağı, nard otu, ...
Vietnamese:dầu nard, cỏ nến, ...

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Definition of nard - Reverso French Dictionary

Noun, masculine

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