nettle
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
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).
Inflected forms:
form: nettles
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: nettles
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: nettling
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: nettled
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: nettled
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: Any plant whose foliage is covered with stinging, mildly poisonous hairs, causing an instant rash.
pos: noun
gloss: Any plant whose foliage is covered with stinging, mildly poisonous hairs, causing an instant rash.
pos: noun
gloss: Any plant whose foliage is covered with stinging, mildly poisonous hairs, causing an instant rash.
pos: noun
gloss: Any plant whose foliage is covered with stinging, mildly poisonous hairs, causing an instant rash.
pos: noun
gloss: Any plant whose foliage is covered with stinging, mildly poisonous hairs, causing an instant rash.
pos: noun
gloss: Any plant whose foliage is covered with stinging, mildly poisonous hairs, causing an instant rash.
pos: noun
gloss: Any plant whose foliage is covered with stinging, mildly poisonous hairs, causing an instant rash.
pos: noun
gloss: Any plant whose foliage is covered with stinging, mildly poisonous hairs, causing an instant rash.
pos: noun
gloss: Any plant whose foliage is covered with stinging, mildly poisonous hairs, causing an instant rash.
pos: noun
gloss: Any plant whose foliage is covered with stinging, mildly poisonous hairs, causing an instant rash.
pos: noun
gloss: Any plant whose foliage is covered with stinging, mildly poisonous hairs, causing an instant rash.
pos: noun
gloss: Certain plants that have spines or prickles:
pos: noun
gloss: Certain plants that have spines or prickles:
pos: noun
gloss: Certain plants that have spines or prickles:
pos: noun
gloss: Certain plants that have spines or prickles:
pos: noun
gloss: Certain plants that have spines or prickles:
pos: noun
gloss: Certain non-stinging plants, mostly in the family Lamiaceae, that resemble the species of Urtica:
pos: noun
gloss: Certain non-stinging plants, mostly in the family Lamiaceae, that resemble the species of Urtica:
pos: noun
gloss: Certain non-stinging plants, mostly in the family Lamiaceae, that resemble the species of Urtica:
pos: noun
gloss: Certain non-stinging plants, mostly in the family Lamiaceae, that resemble the species of Urtica:
pos: noun
gloss: Certain non-stinging plants, mostly in the family Lamiaceae, that resemble the species of Urtica:
pos: noun
gloss: Certain non-stinging plants, mostly in the family Lamiaceae, that resemble the species of Urtica:
pos: noun
gloss: Certain non-stinging plants, mostly in the family Lamiaceae, that resemble the species of Urtica:
pos: noun
gloss: Loosely, anything which causes a similarly stinging rash, such as a jellyfish or sea nettle.
pos: noun
gloss: Of the nettle plant and similar physical causes, to sting, causing a rash in someone.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: The children were badly nettled after playing in the field.
[…] I am whipp’d and scourged with rods, / Nettled and stung with pismires, when I hear / Of this vile politician, Bolingbroke.
gloss: To pique, irritate, vex or provoke.
pos: verb
tags: figuratively
transitive
examples: [T]his is no lavv unto the vvoof of the neat Retiarie Spider, vvhich ſeems to vveave vvithout tranſverſion, and by the union of right lines to make out a continued ſurface, vvhich is beyond the common art of Textury, and may ſtill nettle Minerva the Godeſſe of that myſtery.
His Miſtreſs: vvhoſe Miſtreſs, vvhat Miſtreſs; s'life hovv that little vvord has nettled me!
I saw Mr. Williams was a little nettled at my Impatience […]
Liu, whose political writings had nettled the Taiwanese authorities, was assassinated on October 15, last year, in Daly City […]
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:
lang: Abkhaz
word: ахәац
roman: axʷac
lang: Albanian
word: hithëra
lang: Southern Altai
word: чалкан
roman: čalkan
lang: Andi
word: мичӏчӏи
roman: miččʼi
lang: Arabic
word: قُرَّاص
roman: qurrāṣ
lang: Arabic
word: أَنْجَرَة
roman: ʔanjara
lang: Arabic
word: حُرَّيْق
roman: ḥurrayq
lang: Arabic
word: قراص
lang: Aragonese
word: chordiga
lang: Archi
word: мач
roman: mač
lang: Armenian
word: եղինջ
roman: eġinǰ
lang: Old Armenian
word: եղիճ
roman: ełič
lang: Aromanian
word: urdzãcã
lang: Aromanian
word: urdzicã
lang: Assamese
word: চোৰাত
roman: sürat
lang: Assamese
word: চোৰাত পাত
roman: sürat pat
lang: Asturian
word: ortiga
lang: Asturian
word: urtiga
lang: Avar
word: мичӏ
roman: mičʼ
lang: Azerbaijani
word: gicitikən
lang: Bashkir
word: кесерткән
roman: kesertkən
lang: Basque
word: asun
lang: Belarusian
word: крапіва
roman: krapiva
lang: Bulgarian
word: коприва
roman: kopriva
lang: Burmese
word: ဖက်ယား
roman: hpak-ya:
lang: Catalan
word: ortiga
lang: Chechen
word: нитташ
roman: nittaš
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 蕁麻 /荨麻
roman: qiánmá, xúnmá
lang: Chuvash
word: вӗлтӗрен
roman: vĕlt̬ĕren
lang: Czech
word: kopřiva
lang: Dacian
word: δύν
roman: dún
lang: Danish
word: nælde
lang: Danish
word: brændenælde
lang: Dutch
word: netel
lang: Dutch
word: brandnetel
lang: Esperanto
word: urtiko
lang: Estonian
word: nõges
lang: Faroese
word: nota
lang: Faroese
word: brenninota
lang: Finnish
word: nokkonen
lang: French
word: ortie
lang: Friulian
word: urtie
lang: Galician
word: ortiga
lang: Galician
word: estruga
lang: Georgian
word: ჭინჭარი
roman: č̣inč̣ari
lang: Georgian
word: ჭახიანა
roman: č̣axiana
lang: German
word: Nessel
lang: German
word: Brennnessel
lang: Gilaki
word: گرزنه
roman: garzane
lang: Greek
word: τσουκνίδα
roman: tsouknída
lang: Ancient Greek
word: ἀδίκη
roman: adíkē
lang: Ancient Greek
word: κνίδη
roman: knídē
lang: Hebrew
word: סרפד
roman: sirpád
lang: Hungarian
word: csalán
lang: Ido
word: urtiko
lang: Ingrian
word: poltikkain
lang: Ingrian
word: poltikas
lang: Interlingua
word: urtica
lang: Irish
word: neantóg
lang: Irish
word: cál faiche (nettles)
lang: Italian
word: ortica
lang: Japanese
word: 蕁麻
roman: irakusa
lang: Kalmyk
word: көгсн
roman: kögsn
lang: Karachay-Balkar
word: мурса
roman: mursa
lang: Kazakh
word: қалақай
roman: qalaqai
lang: Khakas
word: салғанах
roman: salğanax
lang: Khakas
word: сахчаң от
roman: saxçañ ot
lang: Khinalug
word: мычӏ
roman: mɨč̣
lang: Komi-Zyrian
word: петшӧр
roman: pečör
lang: Korean
word: 쐐기풀
roman: sswaegipul
lang: Kumyk
word: къычытгъан
roman: qıçıtğan
lang: Central Kurdish
word: گەزگەسِک
roman: gezgesik
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: gezgezok
lang: Kyrgyz
word: чалкан
roman: calkan
lang: Lak
word: мечӏ
roman: mečʼ
lang: Latgalian
word: ņuotre
lang: Latin
word: urtīca
lang: Latvian
word: nātre
lang: Laz
word: დიჭკიჯი
roman: diç̌ǩici
lang: Lithuanian
word: dilgėlė
lang: Luxembourgish
word: Brennnessel
lang: Macedonian
word: коприва
roman: kopriva
lang: Malay
word: jelatang
lang: Maltese
word: ħurrieqa
lang: Māori
word: ongaonga
lang: Māori
word: taraonga
lang: Eastern Mari
word: нуж
roman: nuž
lang: Mingrelian
word: ჭუჭელე
roman: č̣uč̣ele
lang: Mongolian
word: халгай
roman: xalgaj
lang: Nanai
word: пиктэ
roman: pikte
lang: Navajo
word: hołchʼíʼí
lang: Neapolitan
word: ardica
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: nesle
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: brennesle
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: nesle
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: brennesle
lang: Old Norse
word: nata
lang: Pannonian Rusyn
word: покрива
roman: pokriva
lang: Persian
word: گزنه
roman: gazne
lang: Polabian
word: ťüpraivă
lang: Polabian
word: zogăvai̯ćă
lang: Polish
word: pokrzywa
lang: Portuguese
word: urtiga
lang: Portuguese
word: ortiga
lang: Romanian
word: urzică
lang: Russian
word: крапи́ва
roman: krapíva
lang: Inari-Sami
word: käskee
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: deanntag
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: feanntag
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: коприва
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: жара
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: kopriva
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: žara
lang: Shor
word: шалғанақ
roman: şalğanaq
lang: Sicilian
word: ardìcula
lang: Sicilian
word: furdìcula
lang: Sicilian
word: furricu
lang: Sicilian
word: lurdica
lang: Sicilian
word: lardica
lang: Slovak
word: pŕhľava
lang: Slovak
word: žihľava
lang: Slovene
word: kopriva
lang: Lower Sorbian
word: kopśiwa
lang: Upper Sorbian
word: kopřiwa
lang: Spanish
word: ortiga
lang: Svan
word: მერხელ
roman: merxel
lang: Swedish
word: nässla
lang: Swedish
word: brännässla
lang: Sylheti
word: ꠌꠥꠔꠞꠣ
roman: sutra
lang: Sylheti
word: ꠌꠥꠔꠞꠣ ꠙꠣꠔꠣ
lang: Tajik
word: газна
roman: gazna
lang: Tajik
word: сӯзгиёҳ
roman: süzgiyoh
lang: Tarifit
word: tayzint
lang: Tatar
word: кычыткан
roman: qıçıtqan
lang: Tongan
word: hongohongo
lang: Tongan
word: ngohongoho
lang: Turkish
word: ısırgan
lang: Turkmen
word: iteşen
lang: Tuvan
word: шагар-оът
roman: şagar-òt
lang: Udi
word: мечӏ
roman: meč̣
lang: Ukrainian
word: кропива́
roman: kropyvá
lang: Uzbek
word: gazanda oʻt
lang: Uzbek
word: qichitqi oʻt
lang: Venetan
word: ortiga
lang: Venetan
word: ortriga
lang: Venetan
word: oltriga
lang: Venetan
word: otriga
lang: Venetan
word: urtiga
lang: Venetan
word: ontriga
lang: Venetan
word: antriga
lang: Venetan
word: altriga
lang: Vietnamese
word: tầm ma
lang: Welsh
word: danhadlen
lang: Xhosa
word: umbabazane
lang: Xhosa
word: uralijane
lang: Yakut
word: ытырыык от
roman: ïtïrïïk ot
lang: Yiddish
word: קראָפּעווע
roman: kropeve