different between nose vs arse
nose
English
Etymology
From Middle English nose, from Old English nosu, from Proto-West Germanic *nosu (compare Saterland Frisian Noose, West Frisian noas, Dutch neus, Swedish nos, Norwegian nos (“snout”), variant of *nas? (compare German Low German Nees, Nes, Näs, German Nase, Swedish näsa, Norwegian nese (“nose”)), old dual from Proto-Indo-European *néh?s- ~ *nh?es- (“nose, nostril”) (compare Latin n?ris (“nostril”), n?sus (“nose”), Lithuanian nósis, Russian ??? (nos), Sanskrit ???? (n??s?, “nostrils”)).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: n?z, IPA(key): /n??z/
- (General American) enPR: n?z, IPA(key): /no?z/
- Homophones: knows, noes
- Rhymes: -??z
Noun
nose (plural noses)
- A protuberance on the face housing the nostrils, which are used to breathe or smell.
- A snout, the nose of an animal.
- The tip of an object.
- 1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Land That Time Forgot Chapter IV
- We submerged very slowly and without headway more than sufficient to keep her nose in the right direction, and as we went down, I saw outlined ahead of us the black opening in the great cliff.
- 1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Land That Time Forgot Chapter IV
- The bulge on the side of a piece of a jigsaw puzzle, that fits into the hole of its adjacent piece.
- (horse racing) The length of a horse’s nose, used to indicate the distance between horses at the finish of a race, or any very close race.
- A perfumer.
- The power of smelling.
- c. 1700 Jeremy Collier, Of Envy
- We are not offended with […] a dog for a better nose than his master.
- c. 1700 Jeremy Collier, Of Envy
- Bouquet, the smell of something, especially wine.
- The skill in recognising bouquet.
- (by extension) Skill at finding information.
- (architecture) A downward projection from a cornice.
- Synonym: drip
- (slang) An informer.
- Synonym: nark
- 1846, George William MacArthur Reynolds, The Mysteries of London (page 60)
- […] M was a Magsman, frequenting Pall-Mall; / N was a Nose that turned chirp on his pal; […]
Synonyms
- (the bulge on the side of a piece of a jigsaw puzzle): tab
- See also Thesaurus:nose
Derived terms
Descendants
- Sranan Tongo: noso
Translations
See nose/translations § Noun.
See also
- rhino-
Verb
nose (third-person singular simple present noses, present participle nosing, simple past and past participle nosed)
- (intransitive) To move cautiously by advancing its front end.
- (intransitive) To snoop.
- (transitive) To detect by smell or as if by smell.
- c. 1601, William Shakespeare, Hamlet, act 4, sc. 3,
- If you find him not within
- this month, you shall nose him as you go up the
- stairs into the lobby.
- c. 1601, William Shakespeare, Hamlet, act 4, sc. 3,
- (transitive) To push with one's nose; to nuzzle.
- 1868, Alfred Tennyson, Lucretius
- lambs […] nosing the mother's udder
- 1868, Alfred Tennyson, Lucretius
- (transitive) To defeat (as in a race or other contest) by a narrow margin; sometimes with out.
- (transitive) To utter in a nasal manner; to pronounce with a nasal twang.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Cowley to this entry?)
- (transitive) To furnish with a nose.
- (transitive) To confront; be closely face to face or opposite to.
Derived terms
- brown-nose
- nosey
- nose out
Translations
Anagrams
- ENSO, Enos, NEOs, Neso, SONE, Sone, eons, neos, noes, one's, ones, sone
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?nos?]
Noun
nose
- vocative/locative singular of nos
Verb
nose
- masculine singular present transgressive of nosit
Related terms
- nosíc
- nesa
Japanese
Romanization
nose
- R?maji transcription of ??
Lower Sorbian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?n?s?/, [?n?s?]
Noun
nose
- nominative/accusative plural of nos
Middle English
Alternative forms
- neose, nese, nosse, noose
Etymology 1
From Old English nosu, from Proto-West Germanic *nosu.
Alternative forms
- noose, nosse, nos, nosu
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?n??z(?)/
Noun
nose (plural noses or nosen)
- nose (protrusion of the human face)
- beak, nose-shaped protrusion
Descendants
- English: nose
- Scots: nos, nose, nois
- Yola: nize, niz
References
- “n?se, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2
From Old French nos.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /no?s/
Noun
nose (plural noses)
- (rare, Late Middle English) noose
Descendants
- English: noose
References
- “n?se, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Northern Sotho
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *njík??.
Noun
nose
- bee
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
- nosa (a- and split infinitives)
Verb
nose (present tense nosar, past tense nosa, past participle nosa, passive infinitive nosast, present participle nosande, imperative nos)
- (transitive) to sniff, nose
References
- “nose” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Anagrams
- osen, sone
Old English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?nose/, [?noze]
Noun
nose
- inflection of nosu:
- accusative/genitive/dative singular
- nominative/accusative plural
Old Frisian
Alternative forms
- nosi
Noun
nose f
- nose
Inflection
Descendants
- North Frisian: nös
- Saterland Frisian: Noose
- West Frisian: noas
Serbo-Croatian
Verb
nose (Cyrillic spelling ????)
- third-person plural present of nositi
Slovak
Noun
nose
- locative singular of nos
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arse
English
Alternative forms
- ass (US)
Etymology
From Middle English ars, ers, from Old English ærs, ears, from Proto-West Germanic *ars, from Proto-Germanic *arsaz (compare Dutch aars and German Arsch), from Proto-Indo-European *h?érsos (“backside, buttocks”) (according to Julius Pokorny and Carl Darling Buck).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??s/
- (General Australian, General New Zealand) IPA(key): /??s/
- (Ireland, US) IPA(key): /??s/
- Rhymes: -??(?)s
Noun
arse (plural arses)
- (current in South Africa, Britain, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, dated in New England, now vulgar) The buttocks or more specifically, the anus.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:buttocks, Thesaurus:anus
- 2011, James Smart, The Guardian, 12 March:
- As the novel progresses, he is shot in the hand with his own gun, shot in the arse with someone else's and lacerated by a prosthetic weed trimmer.
- (chiefly Britain, derogatory slang) A stupid, mean or despicable person.
- 2007, Martin Harrison, The Judgement of Paris, p.282:
- “You're an arse,” Ellen said. ¶ “Please? You must like something about me …?” ¶ “I do. You're an arse. I just told you that. I feel comfy with you, because you're such an arse.”
- 2007, L. A. Wilson, The Silurian: Book One: The Fox and the Bear, p.103:
- He looked at me, was just about to call me an arse, when I told him, “You throw it too hard. Try and think of the javelin hitting the target before you throw it. Let it all go through your mind first, see it, feel it, then throw it.” ¶ “Good advice, you arse,” he said and tried again.
- 2011, Joe Abercrombie, The Heroes, unnumbered page:
- Felnigg. What a suppurating arse. Look at him. Arse.
- 2007, Martin Harrison, The Judgement of Paris, p.282:
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:arse.
Derived terms
Descendants
- Sranan Tongo: lasi
Translations
Verb
arse (third-person singular simple present arses, present participle arsing, simple past and past participle arsed)
- (slang, intransitive) To be silly, act stupid or mess around.
- Stop arsing around!
- 1985, Sam McAughtry, McAughtry's War, page 10,
- He was university material, just arsing about as a rigger, arsing about, killing time with bohunks like me […] .
- 2005, Keri Hulme, The Bone People, page 291,
- Pi, upset, roars, "Quit arsing around there and get cracking," and a dozen heads turn their way.
- 2011, Jaine Fenn, Bringer of Light, unnumbered page,
- He was half-expecting a call from the lingua, telling him to stop arsing around, but his com stayed silent, so it looked like a certain amount of arsing around was allowed.
Derived terms
- arse about (verb)
- arse around (verb)
- half-arsed (adjective)
- can't be arsed
Anagrams
- AREs, Ares, EARs, ERAs, Ersa, SERA, Sear, ares, ears, eras, rase, reas, sare, sear, sera
Italian
Adjective
arse f pl
- feminine plural of arso
Verb
arse
- third-person singular indicative past historic of ardere
Participle
arse
- feminine plural of the past participle of ardere
Anagrams
- ersa, rase, resa, sera
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?ar.se/, [?ärs??]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?ar.se/, [??rs?]
Participle
arse
- vocative masculine singular of arsus
Old Irish
Etymology
Univerbation of airi (“for the sake of it; therefore”) +? se (“this”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ar??s?e/
Adverb
arse
- therefore, for this/that reason
- Synonym: airi
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 12a22
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- ársis
Noun
arse f (plural arses)
- (poetry, music) arsis (the stronger part of a measure or foot)
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?arse]
Adjective
arse
- genitive/dative feminine singular of ars
- nominative/accusative feminine/neuter plural of ars
- genitive/dative feminine/neuter plural of ars
Verb
arse
- third-person singular simple perfect indicative of arde
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