nostril
Syllables: nos·tril/ˈnɒs.tɹɪl/US/ˈnɑ.stɹəl/
nostril noun: either 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.
Noun
nostril (plural nostrils)
- Either 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.
- […]whether it bee that they bee broken winded and purſiue, or otherwiſe bitten and ſtung with venomous beaſts; in which caſes, there muſt be an injection made vp into the noſthrils, of the juice of Rue in wine.1601, Plinius Secundus, translated by Philemon Holland, The Hiſtorie of the World. Commonly Called, the Naturall Hiſtorie […] , London: Impenſis G. B, Book L, Chapter XIII, page 58
nostril meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
nostril in Hindi
- either of the two orifices located on the nose
- नथना nathnā, नथुना nathunā, नासापुट nāsāpuṭ
nostril in Tamil
- நாசித்துளை, மூக்கு ஓட்டை, மூக்குத் துளை, மூக்குத்துவாரம்
nostril in Marathi
- either of the two orifices located on the nose
- नाकपुडी nākpuḍī
nostril in Urdu
- either of the two orifices located on the nose
- نَتْھنا nathnā
More languagesFewer languages
- nostril in Bengali
- নাসারন্ধ্র naśarondhro
- nostril in Telugu
- ముక్కురంధ్రం mukkurandhraṁ
- nostril in Malayalam
- നാസാരന്ധ്രം, മൂക്കിലെ ദ്വാരം
- nostril in Kannada
- ಹೊಳ್ಳೆ, ಸೊಳ್ಳೆ, ನಾಸಾಪುಟ, ಹೊರಳೆ
- nostril in Punjabi
- ਨਾਸ nās, ਨਥਨਾ nathnā, ناس nās, نَتْھنا nathnā
- nostril in Gujarati
- નસકોરું naskorũ
- nostril in Sanskrit
- फण phaṇa, नासिका nā́sikā
- nostril in Nepali
- नासिका विवर nāsikā viwar, नाके टोड्को nāke ṭoḍko, नाकको प्वाल nākko pwāl
- nostril in Pashto
- سږمه səǵmá
- nostril in Tagalog
- butas-ilong
- nostril in Arabic
- مَنْخَر manḵar
- nostril in Malay
- lubang hidung
- nostril in Indonesian
- lubang hidung
- nostril in Persian
- سوراخ بینی surâx bini, بینیدره bīnīdare, نای بینی nāy-e bīnī
- nostril in Thai
- รูจมูก ruu-jà-mùuk
- nostril in Vietnamese
- lỗ mũi
- nostril in Myanmar
- နှာခေါင်းပေါက် hnahkaung:pauk
Examples of nostril in a sentence
- A breeze came in through the open window and wafted her sensuous perfume into my eager nostrils.
- "Pee-yew, you stink!" said Judy, plugging her nostrils.
- The cere is the fleshy spot just above the beak where the nostrils, or nares, are located.
Synonyms of nostril
Forms of nostril
| plural | nostrils |
|---|---|
| alternative form | nosethirl |
Origin of nostril
From 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”).
Words formed from nostril
Words that rhyme with nostril
Questions about nostril
- What does nostril mean?
- Nostril means either 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.
- What is nostril in Hindi?
- Nostril in Hindi is नथना (nathnā), नथुना (nathunā), नासापुट (nāsāpuṭ). See Nostril meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is nostril?
- Nostril is a noun.
- How do you pronounce nostril?
- Nostril is pronounced /ˈnɒs.tɹɪl/ (UK).
- What is the plural of nostril?
- The plural of nostril is nostrils.
Words near nostril in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: nostril (page history and authors); nostril (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); nostril (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); nostril (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); नासिका (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); سږمه (Pashto) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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