different between nase vs nape

English

Noun

nase (plural nases or nase)

1. Any of the genus Chondrostoma of freshwater potamodromous fishes.

Translations

Anagrams

• ENSA, Esan, NAEs, NESA, Sean, Sena, eans, sane, sean

French

Adjective

nase (plural nases)

1. Alternative spelling of naze (“worthless, knackered”)

Further reading

• “nase” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Guaraní

Verb

nase

1. to be born

Latin

Noun

n?se

1. vocative singular of n?sus

Middle High German

Etymology

From Old High German nasa, from Proto-Germanic *nas?, from Proto-Indo-European *néh?s-.

Noun

nase f

1. nose

Descendants

• Alemannic German: Nase, Naase
  • Swabian: Nas
• Bavarian: Nosn
• Central Franconian: Nas, Nos
  • Hunsrik: Naas
  • Kölsch: Naas
• East Franconian: Nous
• German: Nase
• Luxembourgish: Nues
• Rhine Franconian: Noos
  • Pennsylvania German: Naas
• Vilamovian: n?s, n?z
• Yiddish: ????? (noz)

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

nase f or m (definite singular nasa or nasen, indefinite plural naser, definite plural nasene)

1. form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by nese

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse nasar and nasir, nominative and accusative plurals of n?s f (whence Norwegian Nynorsk nos f. The verb is derived from the noun.

Noun

nase m (definite singular nasen, indefinite plural nasar, definite plural nasane)

1. (anatomy) nose (organ)

2. nose (tip of an object)

   Nasen på flyet var dekt med snø.

   The nose of the airplane was covered in snow.

Derived terms

• naseblod

Verb

nase (present tense nasar, past tense nasa, past participle nasa, passive infinitive nasast, present participle nasande, imperative nas)

1. to smell, sniff

   Sauen nasa på maten, men åt han ikkje.

   The sheep sniffed the food, but did not eat it.

2. to nose (snoop)

Alternative forms

• nasa (a- and split infinitives)

See also

• nese (Bokmål)

References

• “nase” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• anse, asen, asne, ensa, nase, nesa, sena

Swazi

Conjunction

náse

1. when

Tarantino

Noun

nase

1. nose

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ne?p/
• Rhymes: -e?p

Etymology 1

From Middle English nape, naape, of uncertain origin. Possibly from Old French hanap (“goblet”), from Frankish *hnapp, from Proto-Germanic *hnappaz ( > Old English hnæpp, hnæp (“cup, bowl, goblet”)), as there is a hollow at the base of the skull.. More at nap.

Noun

nape (plural napes)

1. The back part of the neck.
2. (zoology) The part of a fish or bird immediately behind the head.

Synonyms

• nucha, nuchal (medicine)
• scruff, scruff of the neck
• withers (of a horse)

Translations

See also

• hindneck

Etymology 2

From Middle English nape, from Old French nape, nappe (“a cloth”), from Medieval Latin nappa, napa (“cloth, table-cloth, sheet”), alteration of Latin mappa (“a cloth, napkin, towel”). More at map, apron.

Noun

nape (plural napes)

1. (obsolete) A tablecloth.

Derived terms

• napkin
• nappie

Etymology 3

Short for napalm.

Noun

nape (uncountable)

1. (military, slang) Napalm.
   • 1986, Oliver Stone, Platoon (film script)

     RHAH: They got through Alpha Company! Anything behind you don't identify itself, blow it away. Two - air strike's coming in. They gonna lay snake and nape right on the perimeter so stay tight in your holes and don't leave 'em.

Verb

nape (third-person singular simple present napes, present participle naping, simple past and past participle naped)

1. (transitive, military, slang) To bombard with napalm.

References

Anagrams

• -pnea, Pena, neap, pane, pané, pean

Latin

Noun

n?pe

1. vocative singular of n?pus

Middle English

Etymology 1

Unknown.

Alternative forms

• naape

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?na?p(?)/

Noun

nape (plural napys)

2. The nape; the neck's rear.
3. The nape of a fish; the part below a fish's head.

Derived terms

• napyn

Descendants

• English: nape

References

• “nap, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-30.

Etymology 2

From Old French nape, nappe, from Medieval Latin nappa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?na?p(?)/

Noun

nape

2. (rare except in compound words) tablecloth

Related terms

• napkyn
• naperye

Descendants

• English: nape (obsolete)

References

• “n?pe, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-30.

Etymology 3

Verb

nape

1. Alternative form of nappen

Etymology 4

Verb

nape

1. Alternative form of napyn

Old French

Etymology

From Latin mappa.

Noun

nape f (oblique plural napes, nominative singular nape, nominative plural napes)

1. table cloth

Descendants

• English: nape, napkin
• French: nappe

See also

• table