Added 9 October 2026
nose
/nəʊz/ noun ▶ hear it
In Latin: nāsus Wiktionary
noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. More about nose at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
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The organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals.
he has a cold in the nose
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A front that resembles a human nose (especially the front of an aircraft).
the nose of the rocket heated up on reentry
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The front or forward projection of a tool or weapon.
he ducked under the nose of the gun
verb
Origin
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”).
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