Definitions For Neroli

Noun

NEROLI. (countable and uncountable, plural NEROLIs) More fully neroli oil or oil of neroli: an essential oil distilled from the blossom#noun, blossoms of the bitter orange or seville orange (citrus × aurantium, citrus × aurantium subsp. amara) use#verb, used to make perfume#noun, perfumes.

Alternative forms

neroly {{qualifier, obsolete}}

Derived terms

{{col2, en, nerol, nerolic, nerolic acid, nerolidol}}

Translations

Catalan: oli de flor de taronger, m Chinese: : Mandarin: 橙花油 (chénghuāyóu) French: néroli, m German: Neroli Greek: νέρολι, n Italian: neroli, nerola {{qualifier, obsolete}} Japanese: ネロリ Portuguese: oléo de néroli Russian: неролиевое масло, n, флёрдоранжевое масло, n Spanish: neroli, aceite de flores de naranjo, m Swedish: neroli Vietnamese: dầu hoa cam

See also

napha water orange blossom water, orange flower water petitgrain

Etymology

{{multiple images }} Borrowed from {{bor, en, fr, néroli, , neroli}}, from {{w, Nerola}}, a town and comune in the {{w, Metropolitan City of Rome}}, lazio, italy. {{w, Marie Anne de La Trémoille, princesse des Ursins}} (1642–1722), Princess of Nerola but originally from France, is thought to have made neroli popular as a fragrance#noun, fragrance in her country of birth around 1670. The word is cognate with {{der, en, it, nerola}} {{qualifier, obsolete}}, neroli, .{{R:OED Online, pos=n, id=126189, date=September 2003, nodot=yes}}; {{R:Lexico, pos=n}}

Anagrams

Elinor, Lenoir, Loiner, lienor