naris

English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈnɛə.ɹɪs/

Noun

naris (plural nares)

a nostril

Anagrams

Nairs, Nasir, Risan, arnis, rains, ranis, sarin, siRNA, sirna

Latin

Etymology

From nāsus with rhotacism.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈnaː.ris/, [ˈnaː.rɪs]

Noun

nāris f (genitive nāris); third declension

(usually in the plural) (anatomy) A nostril, nose.
An opening, orifice, vent, air-hole.

Inflection

Third declension i-stem.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	nāris	nārēs
genitive	nāris	nārium
dative	nārī	nāribus
accusative	nārem	nārēs
ablative	nāre	nāribus
vocative	nāris	nārēs

Synonyms

(nose): nāsus

Derived terms

nārinōsus
nāriputēns

Related terms

Descendants

Aromanian: nari, nare
Asturian: ñariz, nariz, ñarra
Catalan: nariu
Corsican: naru
English: naris
French: narine
Friulian: narile
Galician: nariz

Italian: narice
Portuguese: nariz, narina
Romanian: nară
Sardinian: nare, naris, naricre, naricru
Sicilian: narici
Spanish: nariz, narina
Walloon: narene

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

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