nose

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English nose, from Old English nosu, from Proto-West Germanic *nosu, variant of *nasō, old dual from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s- ~ *nh₂es- (“nose, nostril”). See also Saterland Frisian Noose, West Frisian noas, Dutch neus, Swedish nos, Norwegian nos (“snout”), Low German Nääs, German Nase, Swedish näsa, Norwegian nese, Danish næse (“nose”); also Latin nāris (“nostril”), nāsus (“nose”), Lithuanian nósis, Russian нос (nos), Sanskrit नासा (nā́sā, “nostrils”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) enPR: nōz, IPA(key): [nəʊ̯z] (Standard Southern British) enPR: nōz, IPA(key): [nəwz] (MLE) enPR: nōz, IPA(key): [noːz] (Ireland) enPR: nōz, IPA(key): [noʊ̯z], [nəʊ̯z] (General American) enPR: nōz, IPA(key): [noʊ̯z] Homophones: knows, noes, nos Rhymes: -əʊz === Noun === nose (plural noses) A protuberance on the face housing the nostrils, which are used to breathe or smell. A snout, the nose of an animal. The tip of an object. The bulge on the side of a piece of a jigsaw puzzle, that fits into the hole of its adjacent piece. (horse racing) The length of a horse’s nose, used to indicate the distance between horses at the finish of a race, or any very close race. (perfumery) A perfumer. The sense of smell. (idiomatic) Bouquet, the smell of something, especially wine. The skill in recognising bouquet. (by extension) Skill at finding information. (idiomatic, also followed by around or about) The action of nosing, in the sense to snoop (architecture) A downward projection from a cornice. Synonym: drip (slang) An informer. Synonym: nark ==== Synonyms ==== (the bulge on the side of a piece of a jigsaw puzzle): tab See also Thesaurus:nose ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Sranan Tongo: noso Aukan: nosu Saramaccan: núsu ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== rhino- === Verb === nose (third-person singular simple present noses, present participle nosing, simple past and past participle nosed) (intransitive) To move cautiously by advancing its front end. (intransitive, idiomatic, also followed by around or about, in which case, ambitransitive) To snoop. (transitive) To detect by smell or as if by smell. (transitive) To push with one's nose; to nuzzle. (transitive) To defeat (as in a race or other contest) by a narrow margin; sometimes with out. (transitive) To utter in a nasal manner; to pronounce with a nasal twang. (transitive) To furnish with a nose. (transitive) To confront; be closely face to face or opposite to. (intransitive, aviation) To dive down in a steep angle; to nosedive (intransitive, aviation, nautical) To travel with the nose of the plane/ship aimed in a particular direction. ==== Derived terms ==== brown-nose nosey nose about nose around nose out nose over ==== Translations ==== === References === “nose”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. === Anagrams === ENSO, Enos, NEOs, Neso, SONE, Sone, eons, neos, noes, one's, ones, sone == Czech == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈnosɛ] === Etymology 1 === ==== Noun ==== nose vocative/locative singular of nos === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== nose masculine singular present transgressive of nosit ===== Related terms ===== == Japanese == === Romanization === nose Rōmaji transcription of のせ == Lower Sorbian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈnɔsɛ/, [ˈnɔsə] === Noun === nose nominative/accusative plural of nos == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === From Old English nosu, from Proto-West Germanic *nosu. ==== Alternative forms ==== neose, noose, nosse, nos, nosu ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈnɔːz(ə)/, /ˈnɔs(ə)/ ==== Noun ==== nose (plural noses or nosen) nose (protrusion of the human face) beak, nose-shaped protrusion ===== Descendants ===== English: nose Scots: nos, nose, nois ===== References ===== “nōse, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. === Etymology 2 === Probably from Old French nous, nos, nominative singular of nou, no (“knot”). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /noːs/ ==== Noun ==== nose (plural noses) (rare, Late Middle English) noose ===== Descendants ===== English: noose ===== References ===== “nōse, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. == Northern Sotho == === Etymology === From Proto-Bantu *njíkɪ̀. === Noun === nose bee == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Alternative forms === nosa (a- and split infinitives) === Verb === nose (present tense nosar, past tense nosa, past participle nosa, passive infinitive nosast, present participle nosande, imperative nose/nos) (transitive) to sniff, nose === References === “nose” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. === Anagrams === osen, sone == Old English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈnose/, [ˈnoze] === Noun === nose inflection of nosu: accusative/genitive/dative singular nominative/accusative plural == Old Frisian == === Alternative forms === nosi === Noun === nose f nose ==== Inflection ==== ==== Descendants ==== North Frisian: Föhr-Amrum: nöös Goesharde: naas Mooring: noos Sylt: Nöös Saterland Frisian: Noose West Frisian: noas == Serbo-Croatian == === Verb === nose (Cyrillic spelling носе) third-person plural present of nositi == Slovak == === Noun === nose locative singular of nos == Spanish == === Phrase === nose (text messaging, colloquial) short for no sé (“IDK”)