sneeze
To expel air as a reflex induced by an irritation in the noseTo expel air as a reflex induced by an irritation in the nose.
» Tom is trying not to sneeze.
Том пытается не чихнуть.
Том намагається не чхнути.
Meaning
3 senses(intransitive)To expel air as a reflex induced by an irritation in the nose.
To avoid passing on your illness, you should sneeze into your sleeve.
niesen
чиха́тьčixátʹ, чихну́тьčixnútʹ
чха́тиčxáty, чхну́тиčxnúty, чиха́тиčyxáty
(intransitive)To expel air as if the nose were irritated.
(transitive)To expel or displace (air, snot, etc) from the nose or mouth by the process above.
- exhale spasmodically, as when an irritant entered one's nose
Examples
182 sentencesTom is trying not to sneeze.
Том намагається не чхнути. — deniko
ruТом пытается не чихнуть. — odexed
I sneeze a lot.
Я багато чихаю. — deniko
ruЯ много чихаю. — Hellerick
deIch niese oft. — xtofu80
I can't stop sneezing.
Я не можу припинити чхати. — deniko
ruЯ никак не перестану чихать. — marafon
deIch kann nicht aufhören zu niesen. — xtofu80
Tom stifled a sneeze.
Том стримав пчих. — Ahha
I've been sneezing all afternoon.
Я весь день чхав. — deniko
deIch niese schon den ganzen Nachmittag. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English snesen (“to sneeze”), alteration of earlier fnesen (“to sneeze”), fromFrom Middle English snesen (“to sneeze”), alteration of earlier fnesen (“to sneeze”), from Old English fnēosan (“to sneeze, snort”), from Proto-West Germanic *fneusan, from Proto-Germanic *fneusaną, from Proto-Indo-European *pnew- (“to breathe, pant, snort, sneeze”). Cognate with dialectal Dutch fniezen (“to sneeze”), Old Norse fnýsa (“to snort”).
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Forms
sneezes, sneezing, sneezed, sneezedSynonyms
2 synonymsWord family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle