nostril

English

Etymology

From nose + thirl.

Pronunciation

• enPR: nŏs'trəl, IPA: /ˈnɒstrɪl/, /ˈnɒstrəl/, SAMPA: /"nQstrIl/, /"nQstr@l/

Noun

nostril (plural nostrils)

1. 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.

Synonyms

• naris
• nosehole

Translations

either of the two orifices located on the nose

Albanian: flegër (sq) Arabic: منخر (ar) (mánkhar, mánkhir) m. Armenian: քթանցք (hy) (k’t’anc’k’), քթածակ (hy) (k’t’açak), ռունգ (hy) (ṙung), քթածակ (hy) (kʿtʿacak) Old Armenian: ռունգն (ṙungn) Catalan: nariu (ca) m. Chinese: Mandarin: 鼻孔 (cmn) (bíkǒng), 鼻子眼 (cmn) (bíziyǎn) Croatian: nȍzdrva (hr) f. Czech: nozdra (cs) f. Dutch: neusgat (nl) n. Esperanto: naztruo (eo) Finnish: sierain (fi) French: narine (fr) f., (unformally) trou de nez (fr) m., (for animals) naseau (fr) m. Georgian: ნესტო (ka) (nesto) German: Nasenloch n., Nüster f. (of animals) Greek: ρουθούνι (el) (routhoúni) n. Hebrew: נחיר (he) (neḥir) m. Hungarian: orrlyuk (hu)

Italian: narice (it) f. Japanese: 鼻孔 (ja) (びこう, bikō) Kurdish: کونه‌لووت Latin: nāris (la) f. Latvian: nāss (lv) Old English: nosþyrl n. Polish: nozdrze n., nozdrza pl. Portuguese: narina (pt) f. Romanian: nară (ro) Russian: ноздря (ru) (nozdrjá) f. Scottish Gaelic: cuinnean (gd) m. Serbian: nozdrva f., nosnica f., nozdra f. Sicilian: nasca f. Spanish: narina (es) Swedish: näsborre (sv) c. Telugu: ముక్కురంధ్రం (te) (mukkurandhram) Turkish: burun deliği (tr) Volapük: nudahog (vo) Persian: please add this translation if you can

References

• nostril in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• nostril in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913