Nostril

Noun CEFR B1

ˈnɒs.tɹɪl

Definitions

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.

Equivalents

Españolnarina ventana

Français(unformally) trou de nez narine naseau

DeutschNasenloch Nüster

52 more languages

العربيةالمنخر خيشوم منخرنعرة

Беларускаяноздра

Bosanskinariče nos nozdrvaноздрва

Catalànariu

Češtinachřípě nosní dírka nozdra

Cymraegffroen

Ελληνικάμυκτήρ ρουθούνι ρουφούνι

Esperantonaztruo

فارسیسوراخ بینی

Gàidhligcuinnean

Galegolura narno venta

ગુજરાતીનસકોરું

עבריתאף נחיר

हिन्दीनथ नथना

Hrvatskinariče nos nozdrvaноздрва

Հայերենռունգ քթածակ քթանցք

Íslenskanös

Italianonarice

日本語鼻の穴鼻孔

ქართულინესტო

Қазақ тілітанау

한국어콧구멍

Kurdînara noş

Кыргызчатаноо

Latinanarica naris

ລາວຮູດັງ

Latviešunāss

Македонскиноздра

Монголхамрын нүх

मराठीनाकपुडी

Bahasa Melayulubang hidung

မြန်မာနှာခေါင်းပေါက်

Nederlandsneusgat

ਪੰਜਾਬੀناس ਨਾਸ

Polskinozdrze prycha

Portuguêsnarina

Românănară

Русскийноздря

Slovenčinanosová dierka nozdra

Српскиnariče nos nozdrvaноздрва

Svenskanäsborre

Kiswahilitundu la pua

ไทยรูจมูก

Tagalogbutas-ilong

Türkçeburun deliği

Українськаніздря

Tiếng Việtlỗ mũi

isiZuluikhala

Examples

“[…]whether it bee that they bee broken winded and purſiue, or otherwiſe bitten and ſtung with venomous beaſts; in which caſes, there muſt be an injection made vp into the noſthrils, of the juice of Rue in wine.”

CEFR level

B1

Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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See also

nostrilful nostrility Nostrils Nostrum nostrum remedium nostrummonger

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