nose

Pronunciation: [noʊ̯z]

Reading level: medium

Estimated CEFR level: A2 — Elementary

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun the organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals
  2. noun a front that resembles a human nose (especially the front of an aircraft)
  3. noun the front or forward projection of a tool or weapon

Etymology

From Middle English nose, from Old English nosu, from Proto-West Germanic *nosu, variant of *nasō, old dual from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s- ~ *nh₂es- (“nose, nostril”). See also Saterland Frisian Noose, West Frisian noas, Dutch neus, Swedish nos, Norwegian nos (“snout”), Low German Nääs, German Nase, Swedish näsa, Norwegian nese, Danish næse (“nose”); also Latin nāris (“nostril”), nāsus (“nose”), Lithuanian nósis, Russian нос (nos), Sanskrit नासा (nā́sā, “nostrils”).

In classic literature

Synonyms

olfactory organ

Semantic network

Broader (hypernyms)
chemoreceptor
Narrower (hyponyms)
hawk nose, snout, proboscis, roman nose, conk

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