Polyglot Dictionary

narine

/na.ʁin/

la noun A2

le (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
les narines

Meaning

  1. nostril

    • Le cheval respire fort par les narines.

      The horse breathes heavily through its nostrils.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

German

Nasenloch

Nasenloch is the German word for the same thing — both mean "nostril."

Portuguese

narina

narina is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "nostril."

Practice

1 What does narine mean?

2 Fill the gap: Le cheval respire fort par les ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches narine?

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