naris

See also: narís

English

Etymology

From Latin naris (“nostril”). Itself from Latin nāsus with rhotacism.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈnɛə.ɹɪs/

Noun

naris (plural nares)

a nostril

Related terms

posterior naris

Anagrams

Nairs, Nasir, Rains, Risan, arnis, nasri, rains, ranis, sarin, siRNA, sirna

Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

From Portuguese nariz. Cognate with Kabuverdianu naris.

Noun

naris

nose

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese nariz.

Noun

naris

nose

References

Gonçalves, Manuel (2015) Capeverdean Creole-English dictionary, →ISBN

Latin

Etymology

From nāsus with rhotacism.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈnaː.rɪs]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈnaː.ris]

Noun

nāris f (genitive nāris); third declension

(usually in the plural) (anatomy) A nostril, nose.
An opening, orifice, vent, air-hole.

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

	singular	plural
nominative	nāris	nārēs
genitive	nāris	nārium
dative	nārī	nāribus
accusative	nārem	nārēs nārīs
ablative	nāre	nāribus
vocative	nāris	nārēs

Synonyms

(nose): nāsus

Derived terms

nārinōsus
nāriputēns

Related terms

Descendants

Balkan Romance:
- Aromanian: nari, nare
- Romanian: nară
Italo-Romance:
- Corsican: naru
- Italian: nare (plural, archaic), nari
Insular Romance:
- Sardinian: nare, naris, naricre, naricru
Rhaeto-Romance:
- >? Friulian: narile
Ibero-Romance:
- >? Galician: nares (plural, archaic)
Borrowed:
- → English: naris
⇒ Vulgar Latin: *nārīna
- Gallo-Romance:
  - French: narine
  - Walloon: narene
- Ibero-Romance: (alternatively from French)
  - Asturian: ñarra
  - Galician: narno
  - Portuguese: narina
  - Spanish: narina
⇒ Vulgar Latin: *nārīca (see there for further descendants)

References

“naris”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“naris”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
naris in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.