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)

1. 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

1. nose

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese nariz.

Noun

naris

1. 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

1. (usually in the plural) (anatomy) A nostril, nose.
2. 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

• nāsus
• nāsūtē
• nāsūtus

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.