neb
Betekenis (English)
- A bird's beak or bill.
- (obsolete) A person's mouth.
- A person's nose.
- The peak of a flat cap.
- The nose or snout of an animal, now especially of a fish.
- A projecting extremity; a point or sharp projection.
- A nib, as of a pen.
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Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/nɛb/
Etymology (English)
From Middle English neb, from Old English nebb (“beak, nose, face”), from Proto-Germanic *nabją (“beak, nose”). Cognate with Danish næb, Dutch neb, German Schnabel, Old Norse nef, Swedish näbb, Swedish regional näv.
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