Standard Lemma guide

nose

noun · verb · 37 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: nōz
  • Received-Pronunciation: [nəʊ̯z]
  • London: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • British, Southern, Standard: nōz
  • British, Southern, Standard: [nəwz]
  • London: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Multicultural-London-English: nōz
  • Multicultural-London-English: [noːz]
  • Ireland: nōz
  • Ireland: [noʊ̯z]
  • Ireland: [nəʊ̯z]
  • Canada, General-American: nōz
  • Canada, General-American: [noʊ̯z]
  • California: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Australian: [nəʉ̯z]
  • New-Zealand: [nɐʉ̯z]
  • homophone: knows
  • homophone: noes
  • homophone: nos
  • rhymes with -əʊz
  • CMU ARPABET: N OW1 Z Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A protuberance on the face housing the nostrils, which are used to breathe or smell.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • She had a small nose between two sparkling blue eyes.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A snout, the nose of an animal.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

The tip of an object.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • the nose of a tea-kettle, a bellows, or a fighter plane

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

The bulge on the side of a piece of a jigsaw puzzle, that fits into the hole of its adjacent piece.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: hobbies, horse-racing, horseracing, horses, lifestyle, pets, racing, sports

Examples

  • Red Rum only won by a nose.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

A perfumer.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: perfumery

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

The sense of smell.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

Bouquet, the smell of something, especially wine.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: idiomatic

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

The skill in recognising bouquet.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • It is essential that a winetaster develops a good nose.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

noun

Meaning 10

Skill at finding information.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: broadly

Examples

  • A successful tabloid reporter has a nose for gossip.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

noun

Meaning 11

The action of nosing, in the sense to snoop

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: also, idiomatic

Examples

  • They had a nose around the abandoned property.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

12

noun

Meaning 12

A downward projection from a cornice.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: architecture

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: drip

Antonyms: none provided

13

noun

Meaning 13

An informer.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: slang

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: nark

Antonyms: none provided

14

verb

Meaning 14

To move cautiously by advancing its front end.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

Examples

  • The ship nosed through the minefield.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

15

verb

Meaning 15

To snoop.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: also, ambitransitive, idiomatic, intransitive

Examples

  • She was nosing around other people’s business.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

16

verb

Meaning 16

To detect by smell or as if by smell.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

17

verb

Meaning 17

To push with one's nose; to nuzzle.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

18

verb

Meaning 18

To defeat (as in a race or other contest) by a narrow margin; sometimes with out.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

19

verb

Meaning 19

To utter in a nasal manner; to pronounce with a nasal twang.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • to nose a prayer

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

20

verb

Meaning 20

To furnish with a nose.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • to nose a stair tread

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

21

verb

Meaning 21

To confront; be closely face to face or opposite to.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

22

verb

Meaning 22

To dive down in a steep angle; to nosedive

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

23

verb

Meaning 23

To travel with the nose of the plane/ship aimed in a particular direction.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, natural-sciences, nautical, physical-sciences, transport

Examples

  • The plane is nosing up!
  • We have to get it nosing down.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

24

noun

Meaning 24

a front that resembles a human nose (especially the front of an aircraft)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the nose of the rocket heated up on reentry

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: front

25

noun

Meaning 25

the front or forward projection of a tool or weapon

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he ducked under the nose of the gun

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: front

26

noun

Meaning 26

a projecting spout from which a fluid is discharged

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: nozzle

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: spout

Narrower terms: showerhead

27

noun

Meaning 27

the organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he has a cold in the nose

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: olfactory organ

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: chemoreceptor

Narrower terms: snout, neb, rostrum, beak, honker, hooter, nozzle, snoot, schnozzle, schnoz, conk, hawk nose, proboscis, pug nose, Roman nose, hooknose

28

noun

Meaning 28

a natural skill

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he has a nose for good deals

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: skill, science

29

noun

Meaning 29

the sense of smell (especially in animals)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the hound has a good nose

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: smell, sense of smell, olfaction, olfactory modality

30

noun

Meaning 30

a symbol of inquisitiveness

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • keep your nose out of it

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: symbol

31

noun

Meaning 31

a small distance

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • my horse lost the race by a nose

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: small indefinite quantity, small indefinite amount

32

verb

Meaning 32

defeat by a narrow margin

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: get the better of, overcome, defeat

33

verb

Meaning 33

rub noses

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: nuzzle

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: caress, fondle

34

verb

Meaning 34

push or move with the nose

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: push, force

35

verb

Meaning 35

advance the forward part of with caution

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • She nosed the car into the left lane

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: advance, bring forward

36

verb

Meaning 36

catch the scent of; get wind of

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The dog nosed out the drugs

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: scent, wind

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: smell

37

verb

Meaning 37

search or inquire in a meddlesome way

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • This guy is always nosing around the office

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: intrude, horn in, pry, poke

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: search, look

History

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”).

Across languages

Translations

641 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Abaga: anogofa — protuberance on the face
  • Abau: kasan — protuberance on the face
  • Abkhaz: аҧынҵа (apəncʼa) — protuberance on the face
  • Abu: mutu — protuberance on the face
  • Acehnese: idông — protuberance on the face
  • Afar: san — protuberance on the face
  • Afrikaans: neus — protuberance on the face
  • Aghul: хъехъв (qeqw) — protuberance on the face
  • Central Cagayan Agta: igung — protuberance on the face
  • Aguaruna: nuhi — protuberance on the face
  • Ainu: エトゥ (’etu) — protuberance on the face
  • Akan: ɛhwene — protuberance on the face
  • Akan: hwene — protuberance on the face
  • Aklanon: ilong — protuberance on the face
  • Alawa: gujumur — protuberance on the face
  • Albanian: hundë — protuberance on the face
  • Albanian: hun (gheg) — protuberance on the face
  • Southern Altai: тумчук (tumčuk) — protuberance on the face
  • Ama: amu — protuberance on the face
  • Amharic: አፍንጫ (ʾäfnəč̣a) — protuberance on the face
  • Andi: магьар (mahar) — protuberance on the face
  • Chungli Ao: teni — protuberance on the face
  • Chungli Ao: tena (Mongsen) — protuberance on the face
  • Western Apache: bichį́h — protuberance on the face
  • Arabic: أَنْف (ʔanf) — protuberance on the face
  • Arabic: خَشَم (ḵašam) — protuberance on the face
  • Arabic: مناخير (manaḵīr) — protuberance on the face
  • Arabic: خشم (ḵešim) — protuberance on the face
  • Arabic: بوز (būz) — protuberance on the face
  • Arabic: خشم (ḵušum) — protuberance on the face
  • Iraqi Arabic: خشم (ḵašim) — protuberance on the face
  • Arabic: نيف (nīf) — protuberance on the face
  • Arabic: منخار (minḵār) — protuberance on the face
  • Arabic: منخار (munḵār) — protuberance on the face
  • Arabic: أنْف (ʔanf) — protuberance on the face
  • Arabic: خشم (ḵúšum) — protuberance on the face
  • Aragonese: naso — protuberance on the face
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܢܲܚܝܼܪܵܐ (naḥīrā) — protuberance on the face
  • Aramaic: ܢܚܝܪܐ — protuberance on the face
  • Turoyo: ܢܚܝܪܐ (nḥiro) — protuberance on the face
  • Armenian: քիթ (kʻitʻ) — protuberance on the face
  • Old Armenian: քիթ (kʻitʻ) — protuberance on the face
  • Old Armenian: ռունգն (ṙungn) — protuberance on the face
  • Aromanian: nari — protuberance on the face
  • Aromanian: nare — protuberance on the face
  • Eastern Arrernte: alhe — protuberance on the face
  • Western Arrernte: alhe — protuberance on the face
  • Assamese: নাক (nak) — protuberance on the face
  • Asturian: ñariz — protuberance on the face
  • Asturian: ñarra — protuberance on the face
  • Avar: мегӏер (meʻer) — protuberance on the face
  • Aymara: nasa — protuberance on the face
  • Azerbaijani: burun — protuberance on the face
  • Bahnar: muh — protuberance on the face
  • West Coast Bajau: urung — protuberance on the face
  • Baluchi: پونز (ponz) — protuberance on the face
  • Bangi: zolo — protuberance on the face
  • Bashkir: танау (tanaw) — protuberance on the face
  • Basque: sudur — protuberance on the face
  • Toba Batak: igung — protuberance on the face
  • Bats: მარლʻო̆ (marlsŏ) — protuberance on the face
  • Belarusian: нос (nos) — protuberance on the face
  • Bengali: নাক (nak) — protuberance on the face
  • Bhojpuri: नाक (nāk) — protuberance on the face
  • Bau Bidayuh: ndung — protuberance on the face
  • Central Bikol: dungo — protuberance on the face
  • Borôro: eno — protuberance on the face
  • Breton: fri — protuberance on the face
  • Budukh: меъел (meʔel) — protuberance on the face
  • Bulgarian: нос (nos) — protuberance on the face
  • Burmese: နှာခေါင်း (hnahkaung:) — protuberance on the face
  • Buryat: хамар (xamar) — protuberance on the face
  • Carpathian Rusyn: нос (nos) — protuberance on the face
  • Catalan: nas — protuberance on the face
  • Cebuano: ilong — protuberance on the face
  • Central Atlas Tamazight: ⵜⵉⵏⵣⴰⵔ (tinzar) — protuberance on the face
  • Central Atlas Tamazight: ⵜⵉⵏⵅⴰⵔ (tinxar) — protuberance on the face
  • Chamicuro: kulu — protuberance on the face
  • Chamorro: gui'eng — protuberance on the face
  • Chechen: мара (mara) — protuberance on the face
  • Chepang: नेह् — protuberance on the face
  • Cherokee: ᎠᏴᏐᎵ (ayvsoli) — protuberance on the face
  • Chichewa: mphuno — protuberance on the face
  • Chichimeca-Jonaz: kanu — protuberance on the face
  • Chickasaw: ibichchala' — protuberance on the face
  • Khumi Chin: nawryng — protuberance on the face
  • Tedim Chin: naak — protuberance on the face
  • Chinese Cantonese: 鼻 (bei6) — protuberance on the face
  • Chinese Cantonese: 鼻哥 (bei6 go1) — protuberance on the face
  • Chinese: бизы (bizɨ) — protuberance on the face
  • Eastern Min Chinese: 鼻 (pé) — protuberance on the face
  • Gan Chinese: 鼻公 (pit7 gung) — protuberance on the face
  • Gan Chinese: 鼻子 (pit7 zi) — protuberance on the face
  • Hakka Chinese: 鼻 (phi) — protuberance on the face
  • Hakka Chinese: 鼻公 (phi-kûng) — protuberance on the face
  • Chinese: 鼻仔 (phīn-á) — protuberance on the face
  • Jin Chinese: 鼻子 (bieh5 zeh) — protuberance on the face
  • Chinese Mandarin: 鼻子 (bízi) — protuberance on the face
  • Chinese Mandarin: 鼻 (bí) — protuberance on the face
  • Northern Min Chinese: 鼻 (pī) — protuberance on the face
  • Wu Chinese: 鼻頭 /鼻头 (8beq-deu; 8biq-deu) — protuberance on the face
  • Xiang Chinese: 鼻子 (bi6 zr) — protuberance on the face
  • Chuvash: сӑмса (săms̬a) — protuberance on the face
  • West Circassian: пэ (pɛ) — protuberance on the face
  • Coptic: ϣⲁⲓ (šai) — protuberance on the face
  • Coptic: ϣⲁⲛⲧ- (šant-) — protuberance on the face
  • Cornish: tron — protuberance on the face
  • Crimean Tatar: burun — protuberance on the face
  • Czech: nos — protuberance on the face
  • Dalmatian: nuos — protuberance on the face
  • Danish: næse — protuberance on the face
  • Danish: snude — protuberance on the face
  • Dhivehi: ނޭފަތް (nēfat̊) — protuberance on the face
  • Dongxiang: khawa — protuberance on the face
  • Drung: svna — protuberance on the face
  • Dutch: neus — protuberance on the face
  • Egyptian: fnD:Z1 (fnḏ) — protuberance on the face
  • Elfdalian: nev — protuberance on the face
  • Emilian: nèṡ — protuberance on the face
  • Erzya: судо (sudo) — protuberance on the face
  • Esperanto: nazo — protuberance on the face
  • Estonian: nina — protuberance on the face
  • Even: оӈат (oŋat) — protuberance on the face
  • Evenki: оңокто — protuberance on the face
  • Extremaduran: narís — protuberance on the face
  • Farefare: yõorɛ — protuberance on the face
  • Faroese: nøs — protuberance on the face
  • Finnish: nenä — protuberance on the face
  • Franco-Provençal: nâs — protuberance on the face
  • French: nez — protuberance on the face
  • North Frisian: nöös — protuberance on the face
  • North Frisian: Nees — protuberance on the face
  • Saterland Frisian: Noose — protuberance on the face
  • West-Frisian: noas — protuberance on the face
  • Friulian: nâs — protuberance on the face
  • Gagauz: burnu — protuberance on the face
  • Galician: naris — protuberance on the face
  • Galician: naso — protuberance on the face
  • Galician: nafre — protuberance on the face
  • Galician: nareco — protuberance on the face
  • Galician: fuciño — protuberance on the face
  • Galician: crica — protuberance on the face
  • Georgian: ცხვირი (cxviri) — protuberance on the face
  • German: Nase — protuberance on the face
  • German: Nase — protuberance on the face
  • Greek: μύτη (mýti) — protuberance on the face
  • Ancient Greek: ῥίς (rhís) — protuberance on the face
  • Mycenaean Greek: 𐀩𐀀 (re-a) — protuberance on the face
  • Greenlandic: qingaq — protuberance on the face
  • Mbya Guarani: xĩ — protuberance on the face
  • Gujarati: નાક (nāk) — protuberance on the face
  • Hadza: ʔìnthàwè- — protuberance on the face
  • Haitian Creole: nen — protuberance on the face
  • Hausa: hanci — protuberance on the face
  • Hawaiian: ihu — protuberance on the face
  • Hebrew: אַף (af) — protuberance on the face
  • Hebrew: חוֹטֶם (khótem) — protuberance on the face
  • Higaonon: idung — protuberance on the face
  • Hiligaynon: ilong — protuberance on the face
  • Hindi: नाक (nāk) — protuberance on the face
  • Hindi: नासिका (nāsikā) — protuberance on the face
  • White Hmong: ntswg — protuberance on the face
  • Hungarian: orr — protuberance on the face
  • Hunsrik: Naas — protuberance on the face
  • Hunzib: мару (maru) — protuberance on the face
  • Ibanag: igung — protuberance on the face
  • Icelandic: nef — protuberance on the face
  • Ido: nazo — protuberance on the face
  • Ilocano: agong — protuberance on the face
  • Indonesian: hidung — protuberance on the face
  • Ingrian: nenä — protuberance on the face
  • Ingush: мераж (meraž) — protuberance on the face
  • Inuktitut: ᕿᖓᖅ (qingaq) — protuberance on the face
  • Iranun: ngirung — protuberance on the face
  • Irish: srón — protuberance on the face
  • Isnag: ixong — protuberance on the face
  • Istro-Romanian: nås — protuberance on the face
  • Italian: naso — protuberance on the face
  • Iu Mien: mba'zorng — protuberance on the face
  • Japanese: 鼻 (hana) — protuberance on the face
  • Javanese: irung — protuberance on the face
  • Old Javanese: hirung — protuberance on the face
  • Kabuverdianu: naris — protuberance on the face
  • Kala Lagaw Ya: piti — protuberance on the face
  • Kalasha: nast — protuberance on the face
  • Kalmyk: хамр (xamr) — protuberance on the face
  • Southern Kam: maengl — protuberance on the face
  • Kannada: ಮೂಗು (mūgu) — protuberance on the face
  • Kannada: ನಾಸಿಕ (nāsika) — protuberance on the face
  • Kanuri: kǝnza — protuberance on the face
  • Kapampangan: arung — protuberance on the face
  • Karachay-Balkar: бурун (burun) — protuberance on the face
  • Karakalpak: murın — protuberance on the face
  • Karelian: nenä — protuberance on the face
  • Kashubian: nos — protuberance on the face
  • Kaurna: mudlha — protuberance on the face
  • Kazakh: мұрын (mūryn) — protuberance on the face
  • Khakas: пурун (purun) — protuberance on the face
  • Khasi: khmut — protuberance on the face
  • Khinalug: кӏыты́р (ḳɨtɨ́r) — protuberance on the face
  • Khmer: ច្រមុះ (crɑɑmoh) — protuberance on the face
  • Khoekhoe: ǂguis — protuberance on the face
  • Khowar: نسکار (naskár) — protuberance on the face
  • Kimaragang: todung — protuberance on the face
  • Kituba: zunu — protuberance on the face
  • Koho: muh — protuberance on the face
  • Komi-Permyak: ныр (nyr) — protuberance on the face
  • Kongo: zunu — protuberance on the face
  • Korean: 코 — protuberance on the face
  • Kumyk: бурун (burun) — protuberance on the face
  • Central Kurdish: لووت (lût) — protuberance on the face
  • Northern Kurdish: poz — protuberance on the face
  • Northern Kurdish: difin — protuberance on the face
  • Kyrgyz: мурун (murun) — protuberance on the face
  • Lambya: impuno class 9 — protuberance on the face
  • Lao: ດັງ (dang) — protuberance on the face
  • Latgalian: nuoss — protuberance on the face
  • Latin: nāsus — protuberance on the face
  • Latvian: deguns — protuberance on the face
  • Lezgi: нер (ner) — protuberance on the face
  • Ligurian: naso — protuberance on the face
  • Lingala: zolo — protuberance on the face
  • Lithuanian: nosis — protuberance on the face
  • Livonian: nanā — protuberance on the face
  • Lombard: nas — protuberance on the face
  • Lotud: odung — protuberance on the face
  • Low German: Nääs — protuberance on the face
  • : ᦡᧂ (ḋang) — protuberance on the face
  • Luhya: kamoolu — protuberance on the face
  • Luo: um — protuberance on the face
  • Lutuv: hnaacabuv — protuberance on the face
  • Luxembourgish: Nues — protuberance on the face
  • Maasai: enkume — protuberance on the face
  • Macedonian: нос (nos) — protuberance on the face
  • Maguindanao: ngirung — protuberance on the face
  • Malagasy: orona — protuberance on the face
  • Malay: hidung — protuberance on the face
  • Malayalam: മൂക്ക് (mūkkŭ) — protuberance on the face
  • Maltese: mnieħer — protuberance on the face
  • Mampruli: nyɔya — protuberance on the face
  • Manchu: ᠣᡶᠣᡵᠣ (oforo) — protuberance on the face
  • Mandinka: nuŋo — protuberance on the face
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: izung — protuberance on the face
  • Mansaka: ilong — protuberance on the face
  • Manx: stroin — protuberance on the face
  • Māori: ihu — protuberance on the face
  • Māori: kanekane — protuberance on the face
  • Maranao: ngirong — protuberance on the face
  • Marathi: नाक (nāk) — protuberance on the face
  • Marathi: नासिका (nāsikā) — protuberance on the face
  • Maricopa: iihuu — protuberance on the face
  • Mauritian Creole: nene — protuberance on the face
  • Mazanderani: ونی (veni) — protuberance on the face
  • Megleno-Romanian: nas — protuberance on the face
  • Central Melanau: uduong — protuberance on the face
  • Moksha: шалхка (šalxka) — protuberance on the face
  • Mon: မိုဟ် — protuberance on the face
  • Mongolian: хамар (xamar) — protuberance on the face
  • Mongolian: ᠬᠠᠪᠠᠷ (qabar) — protuberance on the face
  • Muong: mũi — protuberance on the face
  • Tagal Murut: arung — protuberance on the face
  • Timugon Murut: arung — protuberance on the face
  • Khiamniungan Naga: ngā — protuberance on the face
  • Nahuatl: yacatl — protuberance on the face
  • Classical Nahuatl: yacatl — protuberance on the face
  • Nanai: вакса (waksa) — protuberance on the face
  • Nanai: опоро (oporo) — protuberance on the face
  • Navajo: áchį́į́h — protuberance on the face
  • Tundra Nenets: пыя (piya) — protuberance on the face
  • Nepali: नाक (nāk) — protuberance on the face
  • Nganasan: ӈүӈкә (ŋüŋkə) — protuberance on the face
  • Ngarrindjeri: kopi — protuberance on the face
  • Nivkh: вих (vix) — protuberance on the face
  • Norman: naïz — protuberance on the face
  • Norman: nez — protuberance on the face
  • Norwegian Bokmål: nese — protuberance on the face
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: nase — protuberance on the face
  • Nuer: wum — protuberance on the face
  • Nuosu: ꅳꁖ (hnap bbit) — protuberance on the face
  • Nupe: eyè — protuberance on the face
  • Occitan: nas — protuberance on the face
  • Odia: ନାକ (nāka) — protuberance on the face
  • Ojibwe: injaanzh — protuberance on the face
  • Church Slavic: носъ (nosŭ) — protuberance on the face
  • Church Slavic: ⱀⱁⱄⱏ (nosŭ) — protuberance on the face
  • Old East Slavic: носъ (nosŭ) — protuberance on the face
  • Old English: nosu — protuberance on the face
  • Old Tupi: tĩ — protuberance on the face
  • Oromo: funyaan — protuberance on the face
  • Ossetian: фий (fij) — protuberance on the face
  • Ossetian: фындз (fynʒ) — protuberance on the face
  • Pali: nas — protuberance on the face
  • Pali: nāsikā — protuberance on the face
  • Pali: nāsā — protuberance on the face
  • Pangasinan: eleng — protuberance on the face
  • Pannonian Rusyn: нос (nos) — protuberance on the face
  • Papiamentu: nanishi — protuberance on the face
  • Pashto: پزه (pozá) — protuberance on the face
  • Pashto: پوزه (pozá) — protuberance on the face
  • Pennsylvania German: Naas — protuberance on the face
  • Dari: بِینِی (bīnī) — protuberance on the face
  • Iranian Persian: بینی (bini) — protuberance on the face
  • Iranian Persian: دَماغ (damâġ) — protuberance on the face
  • Iranian Persian: نُس (nos) — protuberance on the face
  • Iranian Persian: پوز (puz) — protuberance on the face
  • Picard: nuch — protuberance on the face
  • Picard: néz — protuberance on the face
  • Piedmontese: nas — protuberance on the face
  • Pitjantjatjara: mulya — protuberance on the face
  • Plautdietsch: Näs — protuberance on the face
  • Polabian: nös — protuberance on the face
  • Polish: nos — protuberance on the face
  • Portuguese: nariz — protuberance on the face
  • Punjabi: ਨੱਕ (nakka) — protuberance on the face
  • Punjabi: نَکّ (nakk) — protuberance on the face
  • Quapaw: ppa — protuberance on the face
  • Quechua: sinq'a — protuberance on the face
  • Quechua: sinqa — protuberance on the face
  • Quechua: singa — protuberance on the face
  • Rapa Nui: ihu — protuberance on the face
  • Réunion Creole French: né — protuberance on the face
  • Rohingya: nak — protuberance on the face
  • Romagnol: nêş — protuberance on the face
  • Romani: nakh — protuberance on the face
  • Romanian: nas — protuberance on the face
  • Romansh: nas — protuberance on the face
  • Rungus: oddung — protuberance on the face
  • Russian: нос (nos) — protuberance on the face
  • Rwanda-Rundi: izuru — protuberance on the face
  • Rwanda-Rundi: amazuru — protuberance on the face
  • Sabah Bisaya: odung — protuberance on the face
  • Saho: san — protuberance on the face
  • Inari-Sami: njune — protuberance on the face
  • Kildin-Sami: нюннҍ (njunn’) — protuberance on the face
  • Northern Sami: njunni — protuberance on the face
  • Skolt-Sami: njuuʹnn — protuberance on the face
  • Southern Sami: njuenie — protuberance on the face
  • Sandawe: ɳǀáti̥ — protuberance on the face
  • Sanskrit: नस् (nas) — protuberance on the face
  • Sanskrit: नासिका (nāsikā) — protuberance on the face
  • Sanskrit: नासा (nāsā) — protuberance on the face
  • Santali: ᱢᱩ (mu) — protuberance on the face
  • Saraiki: نَک (nak) — protuberance on the face
  • Sardinian: nasu — protuberance on the face
  • Savosavo: gnoko — protuberance on the face
  • Scottish Gaelic: sròn — protuberance on the face
  • Sebop: ungit — protuberance on the face
  • Sekapan: urue — protuberance on the face
  • Serbo-Croatian: но̑с — protuberance on the face
  • Serbo-Croatian: nȏs — protuberance on the face
  • Seychellois Creole: nennen — protuberance on the face
  • Shan: ၶူႈလင် (khūu lǎng) — protuberance on the face
  • Shor: пурун (purun) — protuberance on the face
  • Sicilian: nasu — protuberance on the face
  • Sicilian: nasca — protuberance on the face
  • Sidamo: sano — protuberance on the face
  • Silesian: sznupa — protuberance on the face
  • Sindhi: نڪ (naku) — protuberance on the face
  • Sinhalese: නහය (nahaya) — protuberance on the face
  • Slovak: nos — protuberance on the face
  • Slovene: nọ̑s — protuberance on the face
  • Somali: san — protuberance on the face
  • Lower Sorbian: nos — protuberance on the face
  • Upper Sorbian: nós — protuberance on the face
  • Sotho: nko — protuberance on the face
  • Spanish: nariz — protuberance on the face
  • Spanish: ñata — protuberance on the face
  • Spanish: napia — protuberance on the face
  • Spanish: napias — protuberance on the face
  • Spanish: naso — protuberance on the face
  • Spanish: narizotas — protuberance on the face
  • Spanish: ñanga — protuberance on the face
  • Spanish: trufa — protuberance on the face
  • Sranan Tongo: noso — protuberance on the face
  • Sundanese: pangambung — protuberance on the face
  • Svan: ნეფხვნა (nepxvna) — protuberance on the face
  • Swahili: pua — protuberance on the face
  • Swedish: näsa — protuberance on the face
  • Sylheti: ꠘꠣꠇ (nax) — protuberance on the face
  • Tabaru: ngununu — protuberance on the face
  • Tagalog: ilong — protuberance on the face
  • Tajik: бинӣ (bini) — protuberance on the face
  • Tajik: димоғ (dimoġ) — protuberance on the face
  • Talysh: vıni — protuberance on the face
  • Tamil: மூக்கு (mūkku) — protuberance on the face
  • Taos: phə́yna — protuberance on the face
  • Tarantino: nase — protuberance on the face
  • Tarifit: anzar — protuberance on the face
  • Tarifit: tinzar — protuberance on the face
  • Tashelhit: ⵜⵉⵏⵣⴰⵔ (tinzar) — protuberance on the face
  • Tashelhit: ⵜⵉⵏⵅⴰⵔ (tinxar) — protuberance on the face
  • Tashelhit: ⵉⵏⵣⴰⵔ (inzar) — protuberance on the face
  • Tashelhit: ⵉⵏⵅⴰⵔ (inxar) — protuberance on the face
  • Tatar: борын (borın) — protuberance on the face
  • Tausug: ilung — protuberance on the face
  • Teke-Tege: yulu — protuberance on the face
  • Telugu: ముక్కు (mukku) — protuberance on the face
  • Ternate: ngunu — protuberance on the face
  • Tetum: inus — protuberance on the face
  • Tewa: shu — protuberance on the face
  • Thai: จมูก (jà-mùuk) — protuberance on the face
  • Thai: นัตถุ์ (nát) — protuberance on the face
  • Thai: นาสิก (naa-sìk) — protuberance on the face
  • Thai: ดัง (dang) — protuberance on the face
  • Tibetan: སྣ (sna) — protuberance on the face
  • Tibetan: ཤངས (shangs) — protuberance on the face
  • Tidore: ngunu — protuberance on the face
  • Tidore: ngun — protuberance on the face
  • Tigrinya: ኣንፈተ (ʾanfätä) — protuberance on the face
  • Tigrinya: ኣፍንጫ (ʾafnəč̣a) — protuberance on the face
  • Tiwi: yirringintamura — protuberance on the face
  • Tiwi: jinimuli — protuberance on the face
  • Tiwi: tinkimaga — protuberance on the face
  • Tok Pisin: nus — protuberance on the face
  • Tombonuo: ondung — protuberance on the face
  • Tonga (Malawi): mpuno class 9 — protuberance on the face
  • Tumbuka: mpuno — protuberance on the face
  • Turkish: burun — protuberance on the face
  • Ottoman Turkish: بورون (burun) — protuberance on the face
  • Ottoman Turkish: بینی (bînî) — protuberance on the face
  • Ottoman Turkish: انف (enf) — protuberance on the face
  • Ottoman Turkish: مشام (meşâmm) — protuberance on the face
  • Turkmen: burun — protuberance on the face
  • Tuvan: думчук (dumçuk) — protuberance on the face
  • Tuvan: хаай (xaay) — protuberance on the face
  • Udihe: ŋühɵ — protuberance on the face
  • Udmurt: ныр (nyr) — protuberance on the face
  • Ugaritic: 𐎀𐎔 (ảp) — protuberance on the face
  • Ukrainian: ніс (nis) — protuberance on the face
  • Urdu: ناک (nāk) — protuberance on the face
  • Uyghur: بۇرۇن (burun) — protuberance on the face
  • Uzbek: burun — protuberance on the face
  • Venetan: naxo — protuberance on the face
  • Vietnamese: mũi — protuberance on the face
  • Vilamovian: noos — protuberance on the face
  • Volapük: nud — protuberance on the face
  • Võro: nõna — protuberance on the face
  • Walloon: nez — protuberance on the face
  • Waray-Waray: irong — protuberance on the face
  • Warlpiri: mulyu — protuberance on the face
  • Warlpiri: nginymana — protuberance on the face
  • Welsh: trwyn — protuberance on the face
  • Winnebago: paa — protuberance on the face
  • Woiwurrung: gaang — protuberance on the face
  • Wolaytta: siiriya — protuberance on the face
  • Wolof: bakkan — protuberance on the face
  • Yaghnobi: нес (nes) — protuberance on the face
  • Yakan: ūng — protuberance on the face
  • Yakut: мурун (murun) — protuberance on the face
  • Yámana: kaSuS — protuberance on the face
  • Yao (Africa): lupula class 11 — protuberance on the face
  • Yiddish: נאָז (noz) — protuberance on the face
  • Yogad: igung — protuberance on the face
  • Yoruba: imú — protuberance on the face
  • Yurok: 'ner-p'ern' — protuberance on the face
  • Zazaki: zınci (diq) — protuberance on the face
  • Zealandic: neuze — protuberance on the face
  • Zhuang: ndaeng — protuberance on the face
  • Zou: na — protuberance on the face
  • Zulu: ikhala — protuberance on the face
  • Afrikaans: snoet — snout, nose of an animal
  • Asturian: focicu — snout, nose of an animal
  • Asturian: morru — snout, nose of an animal
  • Bashkir: морон (moron) — snout, nose of an animal
  • Bulgarian: нос (nos) — snout, nose of an animal
  • Bulgarian: муцу́на (mucúna) — snout, nose of an animal
  • Cebuano: sungad — snout, nose of an animal
  • Cebuano: ilong (sa mananap) — snout, nose of an animal
  • Chichewa: mphuno — snout, nose of an animal
  • Chinese Cantonese: 鼻 (bei6) — snout, nose of an animal
  • Chinese Mandarin: 鼻子 (bízi) — snout, nose of an animal
  • Danish: snude — snout, nose of an animal
  • Dutch: snuit — snout, nose of an animal
  • Egyptian: fnD:Z1 (fnḏ) — snout, nose of an animal
  • Finnish: kuono — snout, nose of an animal
  • Finnish: turpa — snout, nose of an animal
  • Finnish: kärsä — snout, nose of an animal
  • French: museau — snout, nose of an animal
  • French: gueule — snout, nose of an animal
  • French: trompe — snout, nose of an animal
  • Galician: fuciño — snout, nose of an animal
  • German: Schnauze — snout, nose of an animal
  • German: Rüssel — snout, nose of an animal
  • Greek: μουσούδι (mousoúdi) — snout, nose of an animal
  • Hawaiian: ihu — snout, nose of an animal
  • Hawaiian: nuku — snout, nose of an animal
  • Hungarian: orr — snout, nose of an animal
  • Italian: muso — snout, nose of an animal
  • Italian: naso — snout, nose of an animal
  • Kabuverdianu: naris — snout, nose of an animal
  • Korean: 코 — snout, nose of an animal
  • Latvian: snuķis — snout, nose of an animal
  • Latvian: šņukurs — snout, nose of an animal
  • Low German: Snuut — snout, nose of an animal
  • Luxembourgish: Schnëss — snout, nose of an animal
  • Luxembourgish: Rüssel — snout, nose of an animal
  • Macedonian: нос (nos) — snout, nose of an animal
  • Macedonian: муцка (mucka) — snout, nose of an animal
  • Macedonian: рилка (rilka) — snout, nose of an animal
  • Māori: ihu — snout, nose of an animal
  • Māori: kanekane — snout, nose of an animal
  • Navajo: áchį́į́h — snout, nose of an animal
  • Norwegian Bokmål: snute — snout, nose of an animal
  • Norwegian Bokmål: mule — snout, nose of an animal
  • Norwegian Bokmål: tryne — snout, nose of an animal
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: snute — snout, nose of an animal
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: mule — snout, nose of an animal
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: tryne — snout, nose of an animal
  • Iranian Persian: پوزِه (puze) — snout, nose of an animal
  • Iranian Persian: نُس (nos) — snout, nose of an animal
  • Portuguese: focinho — snout, nose of an animal
  • Romanian: bot — snout, nose of an animal
  • Russian: нос — snout, nose of an animal
  • Russian: ры́ло (rýlo) — snout, nose of an animal
  • Russian: пятачо́к (pjatačók) — snout, nose of an animal
  • Russian: мо́рда (mórda) — snout, nose of an animal
  • Kildin-Sami: нюннҍ (njunn’) — snout, nose of an animal
  • Kildin-Sami: туррьп (turr’p) — snout, nose of an animal
  • Scottish Gaelic: sròn — snout, nose of an animal
  • Spanish: hocico — snout, nose of an animal
  • Spanish: morro — snout, nose of an animal
  • Swedish: nos — snout, nose of an animal
  • Volapük: snud — snout, nose of an animal
  • Zazaki: pırnık — snout, nose of an animal
  • Zulu: impumulo — snout, nose of an animal
  • Bulgarian: връх (vrǎh) — tip of an object
  • Bulgarian: нос (nos) — tip of an object
  • Chichewa: mpuno — tip of an object
  • Danish: spids — tip of an object
  • Danish: tud — tip of an object
  • Dutch: neus — tip of an object
  • Finnish: nokka — tip of an object
  • French: nez — tip of an object
  • German: Nase — tip of an object
  • Greek: αιχμή (aichmí) — tip of an object
  • Greek: ρύγχος (rýnchos) — tip of an object
  • Greek: μούρη (moúri) — tip of an object
  • Hawaiian: ihu — tip of an object
  • Hawaiian: nuku — tip of an object
  • Hebrew: חרטום (khartóm) — tip of an object
  • Italian: muso — tip of an object
  • Korean: 코 — tip of an object
  • Luxembourgish: Nues — tip of an object
  • Macedonian: нос (nos) — tip of an object
  • Norwegian Bokmål: neseparti — tip of an object
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: naseparti — tip of an object
  • Iranian Persian: نوک (nuk) — tip of an object
  • Polish: nos — tip of an object
  • Portuguese: nariz — tip of an object
  • Romanian: vârf — tip of an object
  • Romanian: cioc — tip of an object
  • Russian: нос (nos) — tip of an object
  • Russian: но́сик (nósik) — tip of an object
  • Russian: носова́я часть (nosovája častʹ) — tip of an object
  • Kildin-Sami: нюннҍ (njunn’) — tip of an object
  • Slovene: nos — tip of an object
  • Swedish: nos — tip of an object
  • Swedish: spets — tip of an object
  • Ottoman Turkish: بورون (burun) — tip of an object
  • Zazaki: pırnık — tip of an object
  • Finnish: nystyrä — bulge on the side of a piece of a jigsaw puzzle
  • French: excroissance — bulge on the side of a piece of a jigsaw puzzle
  • Danish: mulelængde — length of a horse’s nose
  • Dutch: neuslengte — length of a horse’s nose
  • Finnish: turvanmitta — length of a horse’s nose
  • German: Nasenlänge — length of a horse’s nose
  • Hungarian: orrhossz — length of a horse’s nose
  • Norwegian Bokmål: mulelengde — length of a horse’s nose
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: mulelengd — length of a horse’s nose
  • Romanian: lungime de nas — length of a horse’s nose
  • Spanish: nariz — length of a horse’s nose
  • Swedish: noslängd — length of a horse’s nose
  • Zazaki: pırnık — length of a horse’s nose
  • Finnish: tuoksu — bouquet
  • Romanian: aromă — bouquet
  • Romanian: buchet — bouquet
  • Spanish: nariz — bouquet
  • Zazaki: serni — bouquet
  • Finnish: hajuaisti — skill in recognising bouquet
  • French: nez — skill in recognising bouquet
  • French: odorat — skill in recognising bouquet
  • Galician: olfacto — skill in recognising bouquet
  • German: Nase — skill in recognising bouquet
  • Greek: μύτη (mýti) — skill in recognising bouquet
  • Greek: όσφρηση (ósfrisi) — skill in recognising bouquet
  • Luxembourgish: Nues — skill in recognising bouquet
  • Norwegian Bokmål: nese — skill in recognising bouquet
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: nase — skill in recognising bouquet
  • Iranian Persian: تَوانِ بویایی (tavân-e buyâyi) — skill in recognising bouquet
  • Iranian Persian: شامِّه (šâmme) — skill in recognising bouquet
  • Portuguese: olfato — skill in recognising bouquet
  • Portuguese: nariz — skill in recognising bouquet
  • Romanian: nas — skill in recognising bouquet
  • Russian: нюх (njux) — skill in recognising bouquet
  • Russian: чутьё (čutʹjó) — skill in recognising bouquet
  • Spanish: olfato — skill in recognising bouquet
  • Swedish: näsa — skill in recognising bouquet
  • Albanian: nuhatje — skill at finding information
  • Finnish: vainu — skill at finding information
  • Galician: olfacto — skill at finding information
  • Italian: fiuto — skill at finding information
  • Italian: naso — skill at finding information
  • Romanian: nas — skill at finding information
  • Russian: нюх (njux) — skill at finding information
  • Russian: чутьё (čutʹjó) — skill at finding information
  • Spanish: olfato — skill at finding information
  • Swedish: väderkorn — skill at finding information
  • Danish: liste — to move cautiously
  • Finnish: tunnustella — to move cautiously
  • Finnish: liikkua varovaisesti — to move cautiously
  • Italian: andare a naso — to move cautiously
  • Russian: осторожно дви́гаться (dvígatʹsja) — to move cautiously
  • Russian: кра́сться (krástʹsja) — to move cautiously
  • Swedish: smyga — to move cautiously
  • Danish: snuse — to snoop
  • Finnish: nuuskia — to snoop
  • German: schnüffeln — to snoop
  • Italian: mettere il naso — to snoop
  • Macedonian: душка (duška) — to snoop
  • Māori: māhirahira — to snoop
  • Polish: wścibiać nos — to snoop
  • Romanian: băga nasul — to snoop
  • Russian: сова́ть нос в чужи́е дела́ (sovátʹ nos v čužíje delá) — to snoop
  • Russian: вынюхивать (vynjuxivatʹ) — to snoop
  • Swedish: nosa — to snoop
  • Swedish: snoka — to snoop
  • Swedish: lägga näsan i blöt — to snoop
  • Finnish: haistaa — to detect
  • Italian: nasare — to detect
  • Italian: annusare — to detect
  • Italian: fiutare — to detect
  • Korean: 맡다 (matda) — to detect
  • Polish: węszyć — to detect
  • Romanian: mirosi — to detect
  • Russian: чу́ять (čújatʹ) — to detect
  • Russian: слы́шать запах (slýšatʹ zapax) — to detect
  • Swedish: vädra — to detect
  • Finnish: nuuhkia — to push with the nose
  • Russian: толка́ть носом (tolkátʹ nosom) — to push with the nose
  • Finnish: voittaa hiuksenhienosti — to win by a narrow margin
  • Italian: vincere per un soffio — to win by a narrow margin