naris

See also: narís

English

Etymology

From Latin naris (“nostril”). Itself from Latin nāsus with rhotacism.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈnɛə.ɹɪs/

Noun

naris (plural nares)

  1. a nostril

Anagrams

Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

From Portuguese nariz. Cognate with Kabuverdianu naris.

Noun

naris

  1. nose

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese nariz.

Noun

naris

  1. nose

References
  • Gonçalves, Manuel (2015) Capeverdean Creole-English dictionary, →ISBN

Latin

Etymology

From nāsus with rhotacism.

Pronunciation

Noun

nāris f (genitive nāris); third declension

  1. (usually in the plural) (anatomy) A nostril, nose.
  2. An opening, orifice, vent, air-hole.

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative nāris nārēs
Genitive nāris nārium
Dative nārī nāribus
Accusative nārem nārēs
nārīs
Ablative nāre nāribus
Vocative nāris nārēs

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Aromanian: nari, nare
  • Asturian: ñarra
  • Corsican: naru
  • English: naris
  • French: narine
  • Friulian: narile
  • Galician: nares (plural, archaic), narno
  • Portuguese: narina
  • Romanian: nară
  • Sardinian: nare, naris, naricre, naricru
  • Spanish: narina
  • Walloon: narene

References
  • “naris”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “naris”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • naris in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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