nose

Bedeutung (Englisch)

Noun

1. A protuberance on the face housing the nostrils, which are used to breathe or smell.
2. A snout, the nose of an animal.
3. The tip of an object.
4. The bulge on the side of a piece of a jigsaw puzzle, that fits into the hole of its adjacent piece.
5. The length of a horse’s nose, used to indicate the distance between horses at the finish of a race, or any very close race.
6. A perfumer.
7. The sense of smell.
8. Bouquet, the smell of something, especially wine.
9. The skill in recognising bouquet.
10. Skill at finding information.
11. A downward projection from a cornice.
12. (slang) An informer.

Verb

1. To move cautiously by advancing its front end.
2. To snoop.
3. To detect by smell or as if by smell.
4. To push with one's nose; to nuzzle.
5. To defeat (as in a race or other contest) by a narrow margin; sometimes with out.
6. To utter in a nasal manner; to pronounce with a nasal twang.
7. To furnish with a nose.
8. To confront; be closely face to face or opposite to.
9. To dive down in a steep angle; to nosedive
10. To travel with the nose of the plane/ship aimed in a particular direction.

Konzepte

Nase

Bug

Schnauze

Nasenlänge

schnüffeln

Rüssel

näseln

Nase eines Flugzeuges

Schnauze eines Flugzeuges

Nasenhöhle

Nüstern

naz3

Vorderteil

nüffeln

Flugzeugbug

Flugzeugkopf

Näschen

Geruchsorgan

Riechorgan

Naſe

Nässe

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

[nəʊ̯z]

Etymologie (Englisch)

From Middle English nose, from Old English nosu, from Proto-West Germanic *nosu, variant of *nasō, old dual from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s- ~ *nh₂es- (“nose, nostril”).
See also Saterland Frisian Noose, West Frisian noas, Dutch neus, Swedish nos, Norwegian nos (“snout”), German Low German Nees, Nes, Näs, German Nase, Swedish näsa, Norwegian nese, Danish næse (“nose”); also Latin nāris (“nostril”), nāsus (“nose”), Lithuanian nósis, Russian нос (nos), Sanskrit नासा (nā́sā, “nostrils”).