English Explanatory Dictionary

nettle

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any plant whose foliage is covered with stinging, mildly poisonous hairs, causing an instant rash.
  2. Especially, most species of herb genus Urtica, stinging nettles:
  3. Most, but not all, subspecies of Urtica dioica (common nettle),
  4. Urtica incisa (Australian nettle);
  5. wood nettle (Laportea canadensis);
  6. bull nettles and spurge nettles (Cnidoscolus spp.):
  7. bull nettle, spurge nettle (Cnidoscolus stimulosus)
  8. Texas bull nettle (Cnidoscolus texanus),
  9. bull nettle (Cnidoscolus urens),
  10. nettle trees or tree nettles:
  11. Various species of the genus Dendrocnide
  12. Various species of the genus Dendrocnide:
verb
  1. Of the nettle plant and similar physical causes, to sting, causing a rash in someone.
  2. To pique, irritate, vex or provoke.

Pronunciation

nĕt'(ə)l /ˈnɛtəl/ [ˈnɛɾəɫ] en-us-nettle.ogg LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-nettle.wav

Word forms

nettle nettles nettling nettled

Etymology

From Middle English netle, netel, from Old English netle, netele, netel, from Proto-West Germanic *natilā (cognate with Old Saxon netila, Middle Dutch netele (modern Dutch netel), German Nessel, Middle Danish nædlæ (“nettle”)), a diminutive of Proto-Germanic *natǭ (of unknown origin, perhaps from the same source as net).

Derived words

benettle deadnettle devil's nettle dwarf nettle European nettle tree fen nettle grasp the nettle hedgenettle hemp-nettle hemp nettle horsenettle nettle agent nettlebed nettlecloth nettle cloth nettle-fish nettle-leaf giant hyssop nettle-leaf horsemint nettle-leaf porterweed nettle-leaved goosefoot nettle-leaved horsemint nettlelike nettle-monger nettler nettle-rash nettle-rashed nettlesome nettlespurge nettle-tap nettle tree nettle tree butterfly nettlewort nettly red dead-nettle sea nettle stinging nettle stingless nettle stingy nettle

Translations

Abkhaz: ахәац Albanian: hithëra Southern Altai: чалкан Andi: мичӏчӏи Arabic: قُرَّاص Arabic: أَنْجَرَة Arabic: حُرَّيْق Arabic: قراص Aragonese: chordiga Archi: мач Armenian: եղինջ Old Armenian: եղիճ Aromanian: urdzãcã Aromanian: urdzicã Assamese: চোৰাত Assamese: চোৰাত পাত Asturian: ortiga Asturian: urtiga Avar: мичӏ Azerbaijani: gicitikən Bashkir: кесерткән Basque: asun Belarusian: крапіва Bulgarian: коприва Burmese: ဖက်ယား Catalan: ortiga Chechen: нитташ Chinese Mandarin: 蕁麻 /荨麻 Chuvash: вӗлтӗрен Czech: kopřiva Dacian: δύν Danish: nælde Danish: brændenælde Dutch: netel Dutch: brandnetel Esperanto: urtiko Estonian: nõges Faroese: nota Faroese: brenninota Finnish: nokkonen French: ortie Friulian: urtie Galician: ortiga Galician: estruga Georgian: ჭინჭარი Georgian: ჭახიანა German: Nessel German: Brennnessel Gilaki: گرزنه Greek: τσουκνίδα Ancient Greek: ἀδίκη Ancient Greek: κνίδη Hebrew: סרפד
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