nostril

nostril

English

Alternative forms

• nosethirl (now Britain regional, archaic)

Etymology

From earlier nosthril, from Middle English nosethirl ~ nosethril (and other forms), 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

• enPR: nŏs'trəl, IPA^(key): /ˈnɒstɹɪl/, /ˈnɒstɹəl/

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• Rhymes: -ɒstɹəl

Noun

nostril (plural nostrils)

1. 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 […] ‎, London: Impenſis G. B, Book L, Chapter XIII, page 58:

     […] 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

• nare
• naris
• nosehole

Derived terms

• internostril
• nostrilful
• nostrility
• nostrilled

 

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 (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 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 (ja) (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: Central Kurdish: کونەلووت‎ (ku) (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: please add this translation if you can Macedonian: но́здра f (nózdra) Malay: lubang hidung (ms) Maori: pongāihu, putaaihu, pongaponga Mongolian: хамрын нүх (xamryn nüx) Navajo: ánííʼ Nepali: नासिका विवर (nāsikā viwar), नाके टोड्को (nāke ṭoḍko), नाकको प्वाल (nākko pwāl) Norman: nâsille f (Jersey) Norwegian: Bokmål: nesebor n Occitan: nasica (oc) 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 West Frisian: noaster, noasgat White Hmong: qhov ntswg Yakut: таныы (tanıı) Yiddish: נאָזלאָך‎ n (nozlokh) Zhuang: conghndaeng Zulu: ikhala (zu) class 5/6

References

• nostril in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
• nostril in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Anagrams

• nitrols, trilons