nostril

Senso (Inglese)

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.

Concetti

narice

narici

buco del naso

frogia

cavità nasale

fossa nasale

sinonimi

naris

nose

👃

anterior naris

nostrils

nosehole

snout

hole

🕳️

nasal passage

hollow

nozzle of bellows

Traduzioni

narine

Nasenloch

neusgat

naris

nariu

narina

narina

naseau

Nüster

trou de nez

ρουθούνι

منخر

ventana de la nariz

burun deliği

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈnɒs.tɹɪl/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: nostrille

Ereditato da inglese antico: nosþȳrel

Affine Old Frisian: nosterle

Affine Middle Low German: noster

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”).