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

Derived terms

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. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Noun

nāris f (genitive nāris); third declension

  1. (chiefly in the plural) nostril
  2. nose
    Synonym: nāsus
  3. opening; orifice; vent; air-hole

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

singular plural
nominative nāris nārēs
genitive nāris nārium
dative nārī nāribus
accusative nārem nārēs
nārīs
ablative nāre nāribus
vocative nāris nārēs

Derived terms

  • nārinōsus
  • nāriputēns

Descendants

  • Balkan Romance:
    • Aromanian: nari, nare
    • Romanian: nară
  • Italo-Romance:
  • Insular Romance:
  • Rhaeto-Romance:
  • Ibero-Romance:
    • >? Galician: nares (plural, archaic)
  • Borrowed:
  • Vulgar Latin: *nārīna
    • Gallo-Romance:
      • French: narine
      • Walloon: narene
    • Ibero-Romance: (alternatively from French)
  • Vulgar Latin: *nārīca (see there for further descendants)

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.