Alternative forms Etymology From earlier nosthril Средњи Енглески nosethirl nosethril Стари Енглески nosþȳrel 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.
1601 , Plinius Secundus , Philemon Holland , transl., The Hiſtorie of the World. Commonly Called, the Naturall Hiſtorie [ ] [1] [ …] whether it bee that they bee broken winded and purſiue, or otherwiſe bitten and ſtung with venomous beaſts; in which caſes, there muſt be an injection made vp into the noſthrils , of the juice of Rue in wine.
Synonyms Derived terms 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 manaḵyir )
Armenian: քթանցք (hy) ( kʿtʿancʿkʿ ) , քթածակ (hy) ( kʿtʿacak ) , ռունգ (hy) ( ṙung )
Old Armenian: ռունգն ( ṙungn )
Azerbaijani: burun deşiyi
Belarusian: но́здра f ( nózdra )
Bengali: নাসারন্ধ্র ( naśarôndhr )
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 ( jefšai )
Cornish: frig m
Corsican: naru m
Czech: nozdra (cs) f nosní dírka f
Danish: næsebor (da) n
Dutch: neusgat (nl) n
Egyptian: (msꜣḏt f
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 nares m pl ( archaic )
Georgian: ნესტო ( nesṭo )
German: Nasenloch (de) n ( of animals ) Nüster (de) f
Greek: ρουθούνι (el) n ( routhoúni )
Ancient: μυκτήρ m ( muktḗr ) , ῥώθων m ( rhṓthōn )
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 ( tanaw )
Khmer: រន្ឋច្រមុះ ( rʊən crɑmoh ) , ប្រហោងច្រមុះ ( prɑhaoŋ crɑmoh )
Korean: 콧구멍 (ko) ( kotgumeong )
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: کونەلووت ( kunelût )
Northern Kurdish: kunê difinê m
Kyrgyz: таноо (ky) ( tanoo )
Lao: ຮູດັງ ( hū dang )
Latgalian: nuoste f
Latin: nāris f
Latvian: nāss (lv) m
Lithuanian: šnervė f
Lü: молим додајте овај превод ако можете
Macedonian: но́здра f ( nózdra )
Malay: lubang hidung (ms)
Maori: pongāihu putaaihu pongaponga
Mongolian: хамрын нүх ( hamryn nüh )
Navajo: ánííʼ
Nepali: नासिका विवर ( nāsikā wiwara ) , नाके टोड्को ( nāke ṭoḍko ) , नाकको प्वाल ( nākako pwāla )
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: молим додајте овај превод ако можете
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 ( mukkurandhraṃ )
Thai: รูจมูก
Tibetan: молим додајте овај превод ако можете
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
West Frisian: noaster noasgat
White Hmong: qhov ntswg
Yakut: таныы ( tanıı )
Yiddish: נאָזלאָך n ( nozlokh )
Zhuang: conghndaeng
Zulu: ikhala (zu) 5 or 6
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