English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From earlier nosethrill, from Middle English nostril, nostrel, nosterl, nosthirl, nosethril, nosethirl, noosthril, nosethyrl, nosethurl, nesethirl, nesthyrylle, nasethirl, nesethrull, from Old English nosþȳrel, equivalent to nose + thirl (“hole”). Compare Old Frisian nosterle (“nostril”), modern West Frisian noaster (“nostrill”). Compare also Middle Low German noster (“nostril”), from Proto-Germanic *nustriz (“nostril”).
Pronunciation
Noun
nostril (plural nostrils)
- 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.
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Translations
either of the two orifices located on the nose
- Afrikaans: neusgat (af)
- Albanian: flegër (sq) f
- Arabic: مَنْخَر m (manḵar)
- Egyptian Arabic: فتحة منخير f (fatḥet manaxyir)
- Armenian: քթանցք (hy) (kʻtʻancʻkʻ), քթածակ (hy) (kʻtʻacak), ռունգ (hy) (ṙung)
- Old Armenian: ռունգն (ṙungn)
- Azerbaijani: burun deşiyi
- Belarusian: но́здра f (nózdra)
- Bengali: নাসারন্ধ্র (nasarôndhrô)
- Bulgarian: но́здра (bg) f (nózdra), но́здря f (nózdrja)
- Burmese: နှာခေါင်းပေါက် (my) (hnahkaung:pauk)
- Catalan: nariu (ca) m
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 鼻哥窿 (bei6 go1 lung4-1)
- Mandarin: 鼻孔 (zh) (bíkǒng), 鼻子眼 (bíziyǎn)
- Coptic: ϫⲉϥϣⲁⲓ m or f (čefšai)
- Cornish: frig m
- Corsican: naru m
- Czech: nozdra (cs) f, nosní dírka f
- Danish: næsebor (da) n
- Dutch: neusgat (nl) n
- Esperanto: naztruo (eo)
- Estonian: sõõre, ninasõõre
- Finnish: sierain (fi)
- French: narine (fr) f, (unformally) trou de nez (fr) m, (for animals) naseau (fr) m
- Friulian: narile f
- Galician: narno f, ventá (gl) f, venta (gl) f
- Georgian: ნესტო (nesṭo)
- German: Nasenloch (de) n, (of animals) Nüster (de) f
- Greek: ρουθούνι (el) n (routhoúni)
- Ancient: μυκτήρ m (muktḗr)
- Hebrew: נְחִיר (he) m (nekhir)
- Hindi: नथना (hi) (nathnā), नथुना (hi) (nathunā), नासापुट (hi) (nāsāpuṭ)
- Hungarian: orrlyuk (hu)
- Icelandic: nös (is) f
- Ido: nazotruo (io)
- Indonesian: lubang hidung (id)
- Italian: narice (it) f
- Japanese: 鼻孔 (びこう, bikō), 鼻の穴 (はなのあな, hana no ana)
- Kazakh: танау (tanau)
- Khmer: រន្ឋច្រមុះ (rʊən crɑmoh), ប្រហោងច្រមុះ (prɑhaoŋ crɑmoh)
- Korean: 콧구멍 (ko) (kotgumeong)
- Kurdish:
- Sorani: کونەلووت (kunelût)
- Kyrgyz: таноо (ky) (tanoo)
- Lao: ຮູດັງ (hū dang)
- Latgalian: nuoste f
- Latin: nāris f
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- Latvian: nāss (lv) m
- Lithuanian: šnervė f
- Lü: please add this translation if you can
- Macedonian: но́здра f (nózdra)
- Malay: lubang hidung
- Maori: pongāihu, putaaihu, pongaponga
- Mongolian: хамрын нүх (xamryn nüx)
- Navajo: ánííʼ
- Nepali: please add this translation if you can
- Norman: nâsille f (Jersey)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: nesebor n
- Occitan: nasica f
- Old English: nosþȳrel n
- Persian: سوراخ بینی (surâx bini)
- Polish: nozdrze (pl) n
- Portuguese: narina (pt) f
- Romanian: nară (ro)
- Russian: ноздря́ (ru) f (nozdrjá)
- Scottish Gaelic: cuinnean m
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: ноздрва f, носница f, ноздра f
- Roman: nȍzdrva (sh) f, nosnica (sh) f, nozdra f
- Shan: please add this translation if you can
- Sicilian: nasca (scn) f
- Slovak: nozdra (sk) f, nosová dierka f
- Slovene: nosnica (sl) f
- Spanish: narina (es), fosa nasal (es) f
- Swahili: tundu la pua
- Swedish: näsborre (sv) c
- Tagalog: butas-ilong
- Tajik: сурохи бинй (suroxi biny)
- Telugu: ముక్కురంధ్రం (mukkurandhraṁ)
- Thai: รูจมูก (ruu-jà-mùuk)
- Tibetan: please add this translation if you can
- Turkish: burun deliği (tr)
- Turkmen: burun deşigi
- Ukrainian: ні́здря (uk) f (nízdrja)
- Urdu: نتنا (natnā)
- Uzbek: burun teshigi
- Vietnamese: lỗ mũi
- Volapük: nudahog
- Welsh: ffroen f
- White Hmong: please add this translation if you can
- Yakut: таныы (tanıı)
- Yiddish: נאָזלאָך n (nozlokh)
- Zhuang: conghndaeng
- Zulu: ikhala (zu) class 5/6
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References
- “nostril”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “nostril”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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