It is better to be stung by a nettle than pricked by a rose.
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Nettle
/[ˈnɛɾʊl]/
Synonyms for "nettle" (171 found)
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Closest matches (35)
Strong matches (51)
Verb(14 words)
Related words (85)
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2 entriesTranslations
197 translations across 113 languages.
Abkhaz
1 entries- ахәац noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
Albanian
1 entries- hithëra noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
Ancient Greek
2 entries- κνίδη noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
- ἀδίκη noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
Andi
1 entries- мичӏчӏи noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
Arabic
4 entries- أَنْجَرَة noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
- حُرَّيْق noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
- قراص noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
- قُرَّاص noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
Aragonese
1 entries- chordiga noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
Archi
1 entries- мач noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
Armenian
1 entries- եղինջ noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
Aromanian
2 entries- urdzicã noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
- urdzãcã noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
Assamese
2 entries- চোৰাত noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
- চোৰাত পাত noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
Asturian
2 entries- ortiga noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
- urtiga noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
Avar
1 entries- мичӏ noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- gicitikən noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
Bashkir
1 entries- кесерткән noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
Basque
1 entries- asun noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
Belarusian
1 entries- крапіва noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
Bulgarian
3 entries- коприва noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
- жегвам verb (to pique, irritate, vex or provoke someone)
- паря verb (of the nettle plant etc., to sting causing a rash)
Burmese
1 entries- ဖက်ယား noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
Catalan
3 entries- ortiga noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
- ortigar verb (of the nettle plant etc., to sting causing a rash)
- ortigar verb (to pique, irritate, vex or provoke someone)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- گەزگەسِک noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
Chechen
1 entries- нитташ noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 蕁麻 /荨麻 noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
Chuvash
1 entries- вӗлтӗрен noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
Czech
1 entries- kopřiva noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
Dacian
1 entries- dyn noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
Danish
2 entries- brændenælde noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
- nælde noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
Dutch
4 entries- brandnetel noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
- irritant noun (anything which causes such a rash)
- netel noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
- branden verb (of the nettle plant etc., to sting causing a rash)
Eastern Mari
1 entries- нуж noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
Esperanto
1 entries- urtiko noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
Estonian
1 entries- nõges noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
Faroese
2 entries- brenninota noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
- nota noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
Finnish
3 entries- nokkonen noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
- piikitellä verb (to pique, irritate, vex or provoke someone)
- polttaa verb (of the nettle plant etc., to sting causing a rash)
French
4 entries- ortie noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
- irriter verb (of the nettle plant etc., to sting causing a rash)
- irriter verb (to pique, irritate, vex or provoke someone)
- piquer verb (of the nettle plant etc., to sting causing a rash)
Friulian
1 entries- urtie noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
Galician
4 entries- estruga noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
- ortiga noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
- estrugar verb (of the nettle plant etc., to sting causing a rash)
- incitar verb (to pique, irritate, vex or provoke someone)
Georgian
2 entries- ჭახიანა noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
- ჭინჭარი noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
German
4 entries- Brennnessel noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
- Nessel noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
- nesseln verb (of the nettle plant etc., to sting causing a rash)
- reizen verb (to pique, irritate, vex or provoke someone)
Gilaki
1 entries- گرزنه noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
Greek
1 entries- τσουκνίδα noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
Hebrew
1 entries- סרפד noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
Hungarian
1 entries- csalán noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
Ido
2 entries- urtiko noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
- iracigar verb (to pique, irritate, vex or provoke someone)
Inari Sami
1 entries- käskee noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
Ingrian
2 entries- poltikas noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
- poltikkain noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
Interlingua
1 entries- urtica noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
Irish
2 entries- cál faiche (nettles) noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
- neantóg noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
Italian
1 entries- ortica noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
Japanese
1 entries- 蕁麻 noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
Kalmyk
1 entries- көгсн noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
Karachay-Balkar
1 entries- мурса noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
Kazakh
1 entries- қалақай noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
Khakas
2 entries- салғанах noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
- сахчаң от noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
Khinalug
1 entries- мычӏ noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
Komi-Zyrian
1 entries- петшӧр noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
Korean
1 entries- 쐐기풀 noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
Kumyk
1 entries- къычытгъан noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- чалкан noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
Lak
1 entries- мечӏ noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
Latgalian
1 entries- ņuotre noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
Latin
1 entries- urtīca noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
Latvian
1 entries- nātre noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
Laz
1 entries- დიჭკიჯი noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
Lithuanian
1 entries- dilgėlė noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
Lower Sorbian
1 entries- kopśiwa noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- Brennnessel noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
Macedonian
1 entries- коприва noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
Malay
1 entries- jelatang noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
Maltese
1 entries- ħurrieqa noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
Mingrelian
1 entries- ჭუჭელე noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
Mongolian
1 entries- халгай noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
Māori
2 entries- ongaonga noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
- taraonga noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
Nanai
1 entries- пиктэ noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
Navajo
1 entries- hołchʼíʼí noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
Neapolitan
1 entries- ardica noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- gezgezok noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- brennesle noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
- nesle noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- brennesle noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
- nesle noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
Old Armenian
1 entries- եղիճ noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
Old Norse
1 entries- nata noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
Persian
1 entries- گزنه noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
Polabian
2 entries- zogăvai̯ćă noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
- ťüpraivă noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
Polish
1 entries- pokrzywa noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
Portuguese
4 entries- ortiga noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
- urtiga noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
- irritar verb (to pique, irritate, vex or provoke someone)
- ortigar verb (of the nettle plant etc., to sting causing a rash)
Romanian
1 entries- urzică noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
Russian
4 entries- крапи́ва noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
- обжигать verb (of the nettle plant etc., to sting causing a rash)
- раздража́ть verb (to pique, irritate, vex or provoke someone)
- уязвлять verb (to pique, irritate, vex or provoke someone)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- deanntag noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- kopriva noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
- žara noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
- жара noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
- коприва noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
Shor
1 entries- шалғанақ noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
Sicilian
4 entries- ardìcula noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
- furdìcula noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
- furricu noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
- lardica noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
Slovak
2 entries- pŕhľava noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
- žihľava noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
Slovene
1 entries- kopriva noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
Southern Altai
1 entries- чалкан noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
Spanish
4 entries- ortiga noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
- urticaria noun (anything which causes such a rash)
- hostigar verb (to pique, irritate, vex or provoke someone)
- urticante verb (of the nettle plant etc., to sting causing a rash)
Svan
1 entries- მერხელ noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
Swedish
2 entries- brännässla noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
- nässla noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
Sylheti
2 entries- ꠌꠥꠔꠞꠣ noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
- ꠌꠥꠔꠞꠣ ꠙꠣꠔꠣ noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
Tajik
2 entries- газна noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
- сӯзгиёҳ noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
Tarifit
1 entries- tayzint noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
Tatar
1 entries- кычыткан noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
Tongan
2 entries- hongohongo noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
- ngohongoho noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
Turkish
1 entries- ısırgan noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
Turkmen
1 entries- iteşen noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
Tuvan
1 entries- шагар-оът noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
Udi
1 entries- мечӏ noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
Ukrainian
1 entries- кропива́ noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
Upper Sorbian
1 entries- kopřiwa noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
Uzbek
2 entries- gazanda oʻt noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
- qichitqi oʻt noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
Venetan
4 entries- altriga noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
- antriga noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
- oltriga noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
- ontriga noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
Vietnamese
1 entries- tầm ma noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
Welsh
1 entries- danhadlen noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
Xhosa
2 entries- umbabazane noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
- uralijane noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
Yakut
1 entries- ытырыык от noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
Yiddish
1 entries- קראָפּעווע noun (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
I found a very good drug for nettle rash.
Source: tatoeba (2062348)
Some traditional garments in the Philippines are made of linen and cotton; others are woven with fibres from banana or pineapple leaves or from the bark of a nettle plant.
Source: tatoeba (5641174)
The nettle tree gives sweet micocolli.
Source: tatoeba (7116693)
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