different between nostril vs nares

English

Alternative forms

• nosethirl (now Britain regional, archaic)

Etymology

From earlier nosthril, nosethrill, from Middle English nostril, nostrel, nosterl, nosthirl, nosethril, nosethirl, noosthril, nosethyrl, nosethurl, nesethirl, nesthyrylle, nasethirl, nesethrull, from Old English nosþ?rel, equivalent to nose +? thirl (“hole”). Compare Old Frisian nosterle (“nostril”), modern West Frisian noaster (“nostrill”). Compare also Middle Low German noster (“nostril”), from Proto-Germanic *nustriz (“nostril”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: n?s'tr?l, IPA^(key): /?n?st??l/, /?n?st??l/
• Rhymes: -?st??l

Noun

nostril (plural nostrils)

1. Either of the two orifices located on the nose (or on the beak of a bird); used as a passage for air and other gases to travel the nasal passages.

Synonyms

• naris
• nosehole

Derived terms

• internostril
• nostrilful
• nostrilled

Translations

References

• nostril in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• nostril in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• nitrols, trilons

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): [?n??.?iz]
• (US) IPA^(key): [?ne?i?z]
• (US) IPA^(key): [?næ?i?z]

Noun

nares

1. plural of naris
2. plural of nare

Anagrams

• Naser, Nears, RNase, SNARE, Saner, Serna, Snare, eRNAs, earns, ernas, nears, reans, saner, snare

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?na?.re?s/, [?nä??e?s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?na.res/, [?n????s]

Noun

n?r?s

1. nominative plural of n?ris
2. accusative plural of n?ris
3. vocative plural of n?ris

References

• nares in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• nares in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• nares in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette