nostril

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• nŏs'trəl
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• UK: /ˈnɒs.tɹɪl/
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• UK: /ˈnɒs.tɹəl/
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• Canada, US: /ˈnɑ.stɹəl/
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• Australian: /ˈnɔs.tɹəl/
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From Middle English nostrille, from Old English nosþyrel. Compare Old Frisian nosterle (“nostril”), modern West Frisian noaster (“nostrill”). Compare also Middle Low German noster (“nostril”), from Proto-Germanic *nustriz (“nostril”). By surface analysis, nose + thirl (“hole”).

139 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: neusgat — either of the two orifices located on the nose
• Albanian: flegër — either of the two orifices located on the nose
• Southern Altai: тану (tanu) — either of the two orifices located on the nose
• Arabic: مَنْخَر (manḵar) — either of the two orifices located on the nose
• Arabic: فتحة منخير (fatḥet manaḵyir) — either of the two orifices located on the nose
• Armenian: քթանցք (kʻtʻancʻkʻ) — either of the two orifices located on the nose
• Armenian: քթածակ (kʻtʻacak) — either of the two orifices located on the nose
• Armenian: ռունգ (ṙung) — either of the two orifices located on the nose
• Old Armenian: ռունգն (ṙungn) — either of the two orifices located on the nose
• Azerbaijani: burun deşiyi — either of the two orifices located on the nose
• Belarusian: но́здра (nózdra) — either of the two orifices located on the nose
• Bengali: নাসারন্ধ্র (naśarondhro) — either of the two orifices located on the nose
• Bulgarian: но́здра (nózdra) — either of the two orifices located on the nose
• Bulgarian: но́здря (nózdrja) — either of the two orifices located on the nose
• Burmese: နှာခေါင်းပေါက် (hnahkaung:pauk) — either of the two orifices located on the nose
• Catalan: nariu — either of the two orifices located on the nose
• Chinese Cantonese: 鼻哥窿 — either of the two orifices located on the nose
• Chinese Mandarin: 鼻孔 (bíkǒng) — either of the two orifices located on the nose
• Chinese Mandarin: 鼻子眼 (bíziyǎn) — either of the two orifices located on the nose
• Coptic: ϫⲉϥϣⲁⲓ (jefšai) — either of the two orifices located on the nose
• Cornish: frig — either of the two orifices located on the nose
• Corsican: naru — either of the two orifices located on the nose
• Czech: nozdra — either of the two orifices located on the nose
• Czech: nosní dírka — either of the two orifices located on the nose
• Danish: næsebor — either of the two orifices located on the nose
• Dutch: neusgat — either of the two orifices located on the nose
• Egyptian: ms-A-D:t*D19 (msꜣḏt) — either of the two orifices located on the nose
• Esperanto: naztruo — either of the two orifices located on the nose
• Estonian: sõõre — either of the two orifices located on the nose
• Estonian: ninasõõre — either of the two orifices located on the nose
• Finnish: sierain — either of the two orifices located on the nose
• French: narine — either of the two orifices located on the nose
• French: (unformally) trou de nez — either of the two orifices located on the nose
• French: naseau — either of the two orifices located on the nose
• West-Frisian: noaster — either of the two orifices located on the nose
• West-Frisian: noasgat — either of the two orifices located on the nose
• Friulian: narile — either of the two orifices located on the nose
• Galician: narno — either of the two orifices located on the nose
• Galician: ventá — either of the two orifices located on the nose
• Galician: venta — either of the two orifices located on the nose
• Galician: nares — either of the two orifices located on the nose
• Georgian: ნესტო (nesṭo) — either of the two orifices located on the nose
• German: Nasenloch — either of the two orifices located on the nose
• German: Nüster — either of the two orifices located on the nose
• Greek: ρουθούνι (routhoúni) — either of the two orifices located on the nose
• Ancient Greek: μυκτήρ (muktḗr) — either of the two orifices located on the nose
• Ancient Greek: ῥώθων (rhṓthōn) — either of the two orifices located on the nose
• Greenlandic: sorluk — either of the two orifices located on the nose
• Gujarati: નસકોરું (naskorũ) — either of the two orifices located on the nose
• Hebrew: נְחִיר (nekhir) — either of the two orifices located on the nose
• Hindi: नथना (nathnā) — either of the two orifices located on the nose
• Hindi: नथुना (nathunā) — either of the two orifices located on the nose
• Hindi: नासापुट (nāsāpuṭ) — either of the two orifices located on the nose
• White Hmong: qhov ntswg — either of the two orifices located on the nose
• Hungarian: orrlyuk — either of the two orifices located on the nose
• Icelandic: nös — either of the two orifices located on the nose
• Ido: nazotruo — either of the two orifices located on the nose
• Indonesian: lubang hidung — either of the two orifices located on the nose
• Ingrian: nenähooku — either of the two orifices located on the nose
• Italian: narice — either of the two orifices located on the nose
• Japanese: 鼻孔 (bikō) — either of the two orifices located on the nose
• Japanese: 鼻の穴 (hana no ana) — either of the two orifices located on the nose
• Kazakh: танау (tanau) — either of the two orifices located on the nose
• Khmer: រន្ឋច្រមុះ (rʊən crɑmoh) — either of the two orifices located on the nose
• Khmer: ប្រហោងច្រមុះ (prɑhaoŋ crɑmoh) — either of the two orifices located on the nose
• Korean: 콧구멍 (kotgumeong) — either of the two orifices located on the nose
• Kumyk: танав (tanaw) — either of the two orifices located on the nose
• Central Kurdish: کونەلووت (kunelût) — either of the two orifices located on the nose
• Northern Kurdish: kunê difinê — either of the two orifices located on the nose
• Northern Kurdish: firnik — either of the two orifices located on the nose
• Kyrgyz: таноо (tanoo) — either of the two orifices located on the nose
• Lao: ຮູດັງ (hū dang) — either of the two orifices located on the nose
• Latgalian: nuoste — either of the two orifices located on the nose
• Latin: nāris — either of the two orifices located on the nose
• Latvian: nāss — either of the two orifices located on the nose
• Lithuanian: šnervė — either of the two orifices located on the nose
• Macedonian: но́здра (nózdra) — either of the two orifices located on the nose
• Macedonian: носалка (nosalka) — either of the two orifices located on the nose
• Malay: lubang hidung — either of the two orifices located on the nose
• Māori: pongāihu — either of the two orifices located on the nose
• Māori: putaaihu — either of the two orifices located on the nose
• Māori: pongaponga — either of the two orifices located on the nose
• Marathi: नाकपुडी (nākpuḍī) — either of the two orifices located on the nose
• Mongolian: хамрын нүх (xamryn nüx) — either of the two orifices located on the nose
• Khiamniungan Naga: ngākhà — either of the two orifices located on the nose
• Navajo: ánííʼ — either of the two orifices located on the nose
• Nepali: नासिका विवर (nāsikā viwar) — either of the two orifices located on the nose
• Nepali: नाके टोड्को (nāke ṭoḍko) — either of the two orifices located on the nose
• Nepali: नाकको प्वाल (nākko pwāl) — either of the two orifices located on the nose
• Norman: nâsille — either of the two orifices located on the nose
• Norwegian Bokmål: nesebor — either of the two orifices located on the nose
• Norwegian Nynorsk: nasebore — either of the two orifices located on the nose
• Norwegian Nynorsk: nasebor — either of the two orifices located on the nose
• Occitan: nasica — either of the two orifices located on the nose
• Old English: nosþȳrel — either of the two orifices located on the nose
• Persian: سوراخ بینی (surâx bini) — either of the two orifices located on the nose
• Persian: بینیدره (bīnīdare) — either of the two orifices located on the nose
• Persian: نای بینی (nāy-e bīnī) — either of the two orifices located on the nose
• Polish: nozdrze — either of the two orifices located on the nose
• Portuguese: narina — either of the two orifices located on the nose
• Punjabi: ਨਾਸ (nās) — either of the two orifices located on the nose
• Punjabi: ਨਥਨਾ (nathnā) — either of the two orifices located on the nose
• Punjabi: ناس (nās) — either of the two orifices located on the nose
• Punjabi: نَتْھنا (nathnā) — either of the two orifices located on the nose
• Romanian: nară — either of the two orifices located on the nose
• Russian: ноздря́ (nozdrjá) — either of the two orifices located on the nose
• Savosavo: gnoko puti — either of the two orifices located on the nose
• Scottish Gaelic: cuinnean — either of the two orifices located on the nose
• Serbo-Croatian: ноздрва — either of the two orifices located on the nose
• Serbo-Croatian: носница — either of the two orifices located on the nose
• Serbo-Croatian: ноздра — either of the two orifices located on the nose
• Serbo-Croatian: nȍzdrva — either of the two orifices located on the nose
• Serbo-Croatian: nosnica — either of the two orifices located on the nose
• Serbo-Croatian: nozdra — either of the two orifices located on the nose
• Sicilian: nasca — either of the two orifices located on the nose
• Slovak: nozdra — either of the two orifices located on the nose
• Slovak: nosová dierka — either of the two orifices located on the nose
• Slovene: nosnica — either of the two orifices located on the nose
• Spanish: narina — either of the two orifices located on the nose
• Spanish: ventana — either of the two orifices located on the nose
• Swahili: tundu la pua — either of the two orifices located on the nose
• Swedish: näsborre — either of the two orifices located on the nose
• Tagalog: butas-ilong — either of the two orifices located on the nose
• Tajik: сурохи бинй (surox-i biny) — either of the two orifices located on the nose
• Telugu: ముక్కురంధ్రం (mukkurandhraṁ) — either of the two orifices located on the nose
• Thai: รูจมูก (ruu-jà-mùuk) — either of the two orifices located on the nose
• Turkish: burun deliği — either of the two orifices located on the nose
• Turkmen: burun deşigi — either of the two orifices located on the nose
• Ukrainian: ні́здря (nízdrja) — either of the two orifices located on the nose
• Urdu: نَتْھنا (nathnā) — either of the two orifices located on the nose
• Uzbek: burun teshigi — either of the two orifices located on the nose
• Vietnamese: lỗ mũi — either of the two orifices located on the nose
• Volapük: nudahog — either of the two orifices located on the nose
• Welsh: ffroen — either of the two orifices located on the nose
• Woiwurrung: mirring gaarn — either of the two orifices located on the nose
• Yakut: таныы (tanïï) — either of the two orifices located on the nose
• Yiddish: נאָזלאָך (nozlokh) — either of the two orifices located on the nose
• Zhuang: conghndaeng — either of the two orifices located on the nose
• Zulu: ikhala — either of the two orifices located on the nose