Complete Definition of "nostril"

English
Etymology
From nose + thirl.

Pronunciation
AHD|n�s'tr�l, IPA|/�n�strɪl/, /�n�str�l/, SAMPA|/"nQstrIl/, /"nQstr@l/

Noun
en-noun

  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

Translations
trans-top|either of the two orifices located on the nose
trreq|Albanian
Arabic: ARchar|��خر (mánxar) m
Croatian: t-|hr|nozdrva|f
Czech: nozdra f
Dutch: neusgat n
Esperanto: naztruo
Finnish: t+|fi|sierain
French: t+|fr|narine|f
German: Nasenloch n, Nüster f (of animals)
trans-mid
trreq|Hebrew
Hungarian: t+|hu|orrlyuk
Italian: t+|it|narice|f
Kurdish: KUchar|ک�������ت
Old English: nosþyrl n
Polish: nozdrze n, nozdrza p
Russian: нозд�� (nozdrjá) f
Serbian: nozdrva, nosnica
Swedish: t+|sv|näsborre|c
trreq|Turkish
trans-bottom

References
R:Century 1911
R:Webster 1913

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