sneeze
An act of sneezingAn act of sneezing.
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» Tom is trying not to sneeze.
Том пытается не чихнуть. — odexed
Том намагається не чхнути. — deniko
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
1 sensesAn act of sneezing.
Jared's hay fever gives him terrible sneezes.
Niesen
чиха́ниеčixánije
чха́ння́čxánnjá, чиха́нняčyxánnja
- a symptom consisting of the involuntary expulsion of air from the 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
plural: sneezesSynonyms
3 synonyms- a symptom consisting of the involuntary expulsion of air from the nose:sneezingsternutation
Word family
21 related wordsSee also
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