nostril

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

Either of the two orifices located on the nose (or on the beak of a bird); used as a passage for air and other gases to travel the nasal passages.

Έννοιες

ρουθούνι

ρώθων

ru’θuni

μυκτήρ

το ρουθούνι

Συνώνυμα

Συχνότητα

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/ˈnɒs.tɹɪl/
Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

In summary

From Middle English nostrille, from Old English nosþyrel. Compare Old Frisian nosterle (“nostril”), modern West Frisian noaster (“nostrill”). Compare also Middle Low German noster (“nostril”), from Proto-Germanic *nustriz (“nostril”). By surface analysis, nose + thirl (“hole”).

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