noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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CMU ARPABET:R AY2 N OW0 P L AE1 S T IY2
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
CMU ARPABET 2:R IH2 N OW0 P L AE1 S T IY2
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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noun
Meaning 1
A type of plastic surgery that is used to improve the function (reconstructive surgery) or appearance (cosmetic surgery) of a person's nose.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences, surgery
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
An instance of such surgery; one operation (procedure).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
cosmetic surgery to improve the appearance of your nose
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: nose job
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: face lift, facelift, lift, face lifting, cosmetic surgery, rhytidectomy, rhytidoplasty, nip and tuck
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Ancient Greek ῥῑ́ς (rhī́s) Ancient Greek ῥῑνο- (rhīno-) English rhino- Proto-Hellenic *pláthyō Proto-Hellenic *pláťťō? Ancient Greek πλᾰ́σσω (plắssō) Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Hellenic *-tós Ancient Greek -τός (-tós) Ancient Greek πλᾰστός (plăstós)der. English -plasty English rhinoplasty From rhino- + -plasty.
Across languages
Translations
23 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Catalan:
rinoplàstia
— plastic surgery used to improve a person's nose
Chinese Mandarin:
鼻整形術 /鼻整形术
(bízhěngxíngshù)
— plastic surgery used to improve a person's nose
Chinese Mandarin:
鼻成形術 /鼻成形术
(bíchéngxíngshù)
— plastic surgery used to improve a person's nose
Finnish:
rinoplastia
— plastic surgery used to improve a person's nose
Finnish:
nenäleikkaus
— plastic surgery used to improve a person's nose
French:
rhinoplastie
— plastic surgery used to improve a person's nose
German:
Nasenplastik
— plastic surgery used to improve a person's nose
German:
plastische Nasenoperation
— plastic surgery used to improve a person's nose
German:
Rhinoplastik
— plastic surgery used to improve a person's nose
Greek:
ρινοπλαστική
(rinoplastikí)
— plastic surgery used to improve a person's nose
Icelandic:
neflögun
— plastic surgery used to improve a person's nose
Italian:
rinoplastica
— plastic surgery used to improve a person's nose
Japanese:
鼻形成術
(bikeiseijutsu)
— plastic surgery used to improve a person's nose
Manx:
aachummey stronney
— plastic surgery used to improve a person's nose
Persian:
رینوپلاستی
(rinoplâsti)
— plastic surgery used to improve a person's nose
Portuguese:
rinoplastia
— plastic surgery used to improve a person's nose
Romanian:
rinoplastie
— plastic surgery used to improve a person's nose
Russian:
ринопла́стика
(rinoplástika)
— plastic surgery used to improve a person's nose
Spanish:
rinoplastia
— plastic surgery used to improve a person's nose
Swedish:
näsplastik
— plastic surgery used to improve a person's nose
Swedish:
rinoplastik
— plastic surgery used to improve a person's nose
Turkish:
rinoplasti
— plastic surgery used to improve a person's nose
Turkish:
burun ameliyatı
— plastic surgery used to improve a person's nose
