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Plural of nasus

irregular plural

The plural of nasus is nasi.

Forms of nasus

Singularnasus /ˈneɪ.zəs/
Pluralnasi /ˈnɑː.si/
Countablecountable

Nasi in a sentence

  • The man across the aisle bought a packet of nasi lemak.2008, Preeta Samarasan, Evening is the Whole Day, Fourth Estate, page 117. From the entry nasi lemak
  • The Vestibule (vestibulum nasi). — The paired vestibule may be considered an antechamber to the nasal fossa.1920, Jacob Parsons Schaeffer, The Nose, Paranasal Sinuses, Nasolacrimal Passageways, and Olfactory Organ in Man: A Genetic…. From the entry vestibule
  • I am a big fan of nasi ambeng as I like its riot of colours, aromas, flavours and textures.2015 March 29, Tony, “Johor Kaki”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), retrieved 31 Oct 2015. From the entry nasi ambeng
  • It might be indonesian - being half-dutch we used to have a lot of indonesian food at home - nasi foreng and the like.1996 July 1, "Carolyn", “Re: SHOARMA”, in uk.food+drink.misc (Usenet), retrieved 07 Apr 2008. From the entry fandabidozi

Meaning of nasus

  1. noun A horn-like elongated rostrum on the head of soldier termites of the subfamily Nasutiterminae, capable of producing and spraying noxious secretions for defense.
  2. noun A prolongation on the front of the head of a cranefly.

Full definition of nasus

Nouns ending in -us: plural -i

Questions about the plural of nasus

What is the plural of nasus?
The plural of nasus is nasi.
Is nasus countable?
Nasus is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: nasus (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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