nostril
Either of the two orifices located on the noseEither 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.
» Mennad's nostrils have always been uneven.
Meaning
1 sensesEither 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.
Nasenloch, Nüster
ноздря́nozdrjá
ні́здряnízdrja
either one of the two external openings to the nasal cavity in the nose
Examples
21 sentencesMennad's nostrils have always been uneven.
Why do humans have two nostrils?
ruПочему у человека две ноздри?
deWarum haben Menschen zwei Nasenlöcher?
The horse's nostrils were flared wide.
There's a pea in my right nostril.
ruУ меня в правой ноздре горошина.
deIch habe eine Erbse in meinem rechten Nasenloch.
Hold your breath and pinch your nostrils.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English nostrille, from Old English nosþyrel. Compare Old Frisian nosterle (“nFrom Middle English nostrille, from Old English nosþyrel. Compare Old Frisian nosterle (“nostril”), modern West Frisian noaster (“nostrill”). Compare also Middle Low German noster (“nostril”), from Proto-Germanic *nustriz (“nostril”). By surface analysis, nose + thirl (“hole”).
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Forms
plural: nostrilsSynonyms
5 synonyms- either one of the two external openings to the nasal cavity in the nose:anterior naris