nose

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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”), German Low German Nees, Nes, Näs, 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)

2. A protuberance on the face housing the nostrils, which are used to breathe or smell.
3. A snout, the nose of an animal.
4. The tip of an object.
5. The bulge on the side of a piece of a jigsaw puzzle, that fits into the hole of its adjacent piece.
6. (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.

7. A perfumer.
8. The sense of smell.
9. Bouquet, the smell of something, especially wine.
10. The skill in recognising bouquet.

11. (by extension) Skill at finding information.

12. (architecture) A downward projection from a cornice.

    Synonym: drip

13. (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)

1. (intransitive) To move cautiously by advancing its front end.

2. (intransitive) To snoop.

3. (transitive) To detect by smell or as if by smell.
4. (transitive) To push with one's nose; to nuzzle.
5. (transitive) To defeat (as in a race or other contest) by a narrow margin; sometimes with out.
6. (transitive) To utter in a nasal manner; to pronounce with a nasal twang.
7. (transitive) To furnish with a nose.

8. (transitive) To confront; be closely face to face or opposite to.
9. (intransitive, aviation) To dive down in a steep angle; to nosedive
10. (intransitive, aviation, nautical) To travel with the nose of the plane/ship aimed in a particular direction.

Derived terms

• brown-nose
• nosey
• 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

1. vocative/locative singular of nos

Etymology 2

Verb

nose

1. masculine singular present transgressive of nosit

Related terms

Japanese

Romanization

nose

1. Rōmaji transcription of のせ

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɔsɛ/, [ˈnɔsə]

Noun

nose

1. 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)

1. nose (protrusion of the human face)
2. 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)

1. (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

1. 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)

1. (transitive) to sniff, nose

References

• “nose” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• osen, sone

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnose/, [ˈnoze]

Noun

nose

1. inflection of nosu:
   1. accusative/genitive/dative singular
   2. nominative/accusative plural

Old Frisian

Alternative forms

• nosi

Noun

nose f

1. nose

Inflection

Descendants

• North Frisian: nös
• Saterland Frisian: Noose
• West Frisian: noas

Serbo-Croatian

Verb

nose (Cyrillic spelling носе)

1. third-person plural present of nositi

Slovak

Noun

nose

1. locative singular of nos

Spanish

Phrase

nose

1. (text messaging) Short for no sé (“IDK”).