Definitions and meaning of nose nose
Etymology
From Middle English nose , from Old English nosu , from Proto-West Germanic *nosu , variant of *nasō , old dual from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s- ~ *nh₂es- ( “ nose, nostril ” )
See also Saterland Frisian Noose , West Frisian noas , Dutch neus , Swedish nos , Norwegian nos ( “ snout ” ) , German Low German Nees, Nes, Näs , German Nase , Swedish näsa , Norwegian nese , Danish næse ( “ nose ” ) ; also Latin nāris ( “ nostril ” ) , nāsus ( “ nose ” ) , Lithuanian nósis , Russian нос ( nos ) , Sanskrit नासा ( nā́sā , “ nostrils ” ) .
Pronunciation
( Received Pronunciation ) enPR: nōz , IPA(key) : [nəʊ̯z]
( Standard Southern British ) enPR: nōz , IPA(key) : [nəwz]
( MLE ) enPR: nōz , IPA(key) : [noːz]
( Ireland ) enPR: nōz , IPA(key) : [noʊ̯z] , [nəʊ̯z]
( General American ) enPR: nōz , IPA(key) : [noʊ̯z]
Homophones: knows , noes
Rhymes: -əʊz
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.
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.
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
Synonyms
( the bulge on the side of a piece of a jigsaw puzzle ) : tab
See also Thesaurus:nose
Derived terms
Descendants
Translations
See also
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.
( transitive ) To push with one's nose; to nuzzle.
( 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.
( transitive ) To furnish with a nose.
( transitive ) To confront; be closely face to face or opposite to.
( intransitive, aviation ) To dive down in a steep angle; to nosedive
Derived terms
brown-nose
nosey
nose out
Translations
Anagrams
ENSO , Enos , NEOs , Neso , SONE , Sone , eons , neos , noes , one's , ones , sone
Czech
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
nose
vocative/ locative singular of nos
Etymology 2
Verb
nose
masculine singular present transgressive of nosit
Related terms
Japanese
Romanization
nose
Rōmaji transcription of のせ
Lower Sorbian
Pronunciation
IPA(key) : /ˈnɔsɛ/ , [ˈnɔsə]
Noun
nose
nominative/ accusative plural of nos
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English nosu , from Proto-West Germanic *nosu .
Alternative forms
neose , noose , nosse , nos , nosu
Pronunciation
IPA(key) : /ˈnɔːz(ə)/ , /ˈnɔs(ə)/
Noun
nose (plural noses or nosen )
nose ( protrusion of the human face )
beak, nose-shaped protrusion
Descendants
English: nose
Scots: nos , nose , nois
References
“nōse, n.(1). ”, in MED Online , Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007 .
Etymology 2
Probably from Old French nous , nos , nominative singular of nou , no ( “ knot ” ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
nose (plural noses )
( rare, Late Middle English ) noose
Descendants
References
“nōse, n.(2). ”, in MED Online , Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007 .
Northern Sotho
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *njíkɪ̀ .
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 nose /nos )
( transitive ) to sniff, nose
References
“nose” in The Nynorsk Dictionary .
Anagrams
Old English
Pronunciation
IPA(key) : /ˈnose/ , [ˈnoze]
Noun
nose
inflection of nosu :
accusative/ genitive/ dative singular
nominative/ accusative plural
Old Frisian
Alternative forms
Noun
nose f
nose
Inflection
Descendants
North Frisian: nös
Saterland Frisian: Noose
West Frisian: noas
Serbo-Croatian
Verb
nose (Cyrillic spelling носе )
third-person plural present of nositi
Slovak
Noun
nose
locative singular of nos
Source: wiktionary.org