nosegay

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈnəʊzɡeɪ/
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• General-American: /ˈnoʊzˌɡeɪ/
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From Late Middle English nōsegai (?), from nōse (“nose”) (from Old English nosu, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *nas- (“nose”)) + gai (“a bright or gay object; an ornament”) (from Old French gai (“cheerful, gay, happy”)); equivalent to nose + gay.

37 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: китка (kitka) — small bunch of fragrant flowers or herbs
• Bulgarian: букет (buket) — small bunch of fragrant flowers or herbs
• Burmese: ပန်းချည် (pan:hkyany) — small bunch of fragrant flowers or herbs
• Catalan: pom — small bunch of fragrant flowers or herbs
• Chinese Mandarin: 花束 (huāshù) — small bunch of fragrant flowers or herbs
• Finnish: kukkakimppu — small bunch of fragrant flowers or herbs
• French: petit bouquet — small bunch of fragrant flowers or herbs
• Galician: ramallete — small bunch of fragrant flowers or herbs
• Georgian: თაიგული (taiguli) — small bunch of fragrant flowers or herbs
• German: Biedermeiersträußchen — small bunch of fragrant flowers or herbs
• German: Blumensträußchen — small bunch of fragrant flowers or herbs
• German: Sträußchen — small bunch of fragrant flowers or herbs
• Icelandic: blómvöndur — small bunch of fragrant flowers or herbs
• Ingrian: kukkakimppu — small bunch of fragrant flowers or herbs
• Italian: erbe aromatiche — small bunch of fragrant flowers or herbs
• Italian: mazzetto — small bunch of fragrant flowers or herbs
• Italian: mazzolino — small bunch of fragrant flowers or herbs
• Japanese: but see 花束 (hanataba) — small bunch of fragrant flowers or herbs
• Japanese: ブーケ (būke) — small bunch of fragrant flowers or herbs
• Jingpho: pan hkye — small bunch of fragrant flowers or herbs
• Korean: 꽃다발 (kkotdabal) — small bunch of fragrant flowers or herbs
• Korean: 부케 (buke) — small bunch of fragrant flowers or herbs
• Latin: fasciculus — small bunch of fragrant flowers or herbs
• Latin: olfactōrium — small bunch of fragrant flowers or herbs
• Macedonian: китка (kitka) — small bunch of fragrant flowers or herbs
• Polish: bukiecik — small bunch of fragrant flowers or herbs
• Portuguese: ramalhete — small bunch of fragrant flowers or herbs
• Quechua: kintu — small bunch of fragrant flowers or herbs
• Russian: буке́тик (bukétik) — small bunch of fragrant flowers or herbs
• Russian: буке́т (bukét) — small bunch of fragrant flowers or herbs
• Spanish: ramillete — small bunch of fragrant flowers or herbs
• Swedish: blomkvast — small bunch of fragrant flowers or herbs
• Swedish: blomsterbukett — small bunch of fragrant flowers or herbs
• Swedish: bukett — small bunch of fragrant flowers or herbs
• Telugu: మంజరి (mañjari) — small bunch of fragrant flowers or herbs
• Telugu: పూగుత్తి (pūgutti) — small bunch of fragrant flowers or herbs
• Thai: กําบัง (gam-bang) — small bunch of fragrant flowers or herbs