neb

Signification (Anglais)

  1. (dialectal) A bird's beak.
  2. (obsolete) A person's mouth.
  3. (dialectal) A person's nose.
  4. (dialectal) The peak of a flat cap.
  5. (dialectal) The nose or snout of an animal, now especially of a fish.
  6. (dialectal) A projecting extremity; a point or sharp projection.
  7. (dialectal) A nib, as of a pen.

Traductions

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neb

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ρύγχος

nebbe

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Fréquence

49k
Prononcé comme (IPA)
/nɛb/
Étymologie (Anglais)

In summary

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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