nosebleed

See also: nose bleed

English

Alternative forms

• nose bleed

Etymology

From nose +‎ bleed.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnəʊzˌbliːd/
• IPA^(key): /ˈnoʊzˌblid/

• Audio (U.S.A.):

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Noun

nosebleed (plural nosebleeds)

1. A haemorrhage from the nose; most specifically, blood flow exiting the nostrils that originates from the nasal cavity.
2. (US obsolete slang) a nerd or a geek or a dork

Synonyms

• epistaxis, blood nose (Australia)

Derived terms

• nosebleed seat

Translations

haemorrhage from the nose

• Arabic: رُعَاف m (ruʕāf)

  Egyptian Arabic: نزيف m (neziif)

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鼻血 (zh) (bíxuè, bíxiě), 鼻出血 (zh) (bíchūxùe, bíchūxiě)

• Danish: næseblod (da)
• Dutch: bloedneus (nl) m
• Esperanto: epistakso
• Finnish: nenäverenvuoto (fi)
• French: saignement de nez (fr) m
• German: Nasenbluten (de) n
• Greek: ρινορραγία (el) f (rinorragía), ἐπιστάζω m (epistázō)
• Hausa: haɓṑ m
• Hungarian: orrvérzés (hu)
• Icelandic: blóðnasir (is) f pl
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• Italian: perdita (it) di (it) sangue (it) dal (it) naso (it), epistassi (it) f
• Japanese: 鼻血 (ja) (はなぢ, hanaji)
• Khmer: ការឈាមច្រមុះ (kaa cʰiem crɑmoh)
• Korean: 코피 (ko) (kopi)
• Navajo: néʼédił yistał
• Norwegian:

  Nynorsk: naseblod n

• Persian: خون‌دماغ (xun-damâğ)
• Portuguese: sangramento de nariz m, epistaxe (pt) f
• Russian: носово́е кровотече́ние n (nosovóje krovotečénije)
• Spanish: hemorragia nasal f
• Swedish: näsblod (sv)
• Tagalog: balinguyngoy (tl)
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Vietnamese: chảy máu cam

See also

• nosebleed seat
• pseudoepistaxis

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Cebuano

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] English nosebleed.

Adjective

nosebleed

1. (nonstandard, informal) (of an idea or argument) highly intellectual for one's own capabilities.

Verb

nosebleed

1. (nonstandard, informal) To struggle with English or to struggle to keep up conversation with an English speaker.
2. (nonstandard, informal) To tackle an idea or argument that is viewed too intellectual for one's own capabilities.

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Tagalog

Etymology

From the English nosebleed.

Noun

nosebleed

1. (informal) A highly intellectual idea, argument, or task.

   Nosebleed ang mag-memoriya ng sangkatutak na mga formula sa isang gabi. -- Memorizing a whole bunch of formulas in one night is a nosebleed.

Verb

nosebleed

1. (informal) To face or tackle a highly intellectual idea, argument, or task.