narine

See also: Narine

English

Adjective

narine (not comparable)

1. Relating to the nares; narial.

   the narine membrane

Anagrams

• earnin', inaner, ranine

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French narine, from Vulgar Latin *narina, from Latin nāris.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /na.ʁin/
• Hyphenation: na‧rine

Noun

narine f (plural narines)

1. nostril

   Synonym: trou de nez

See also

• nez

 

Further reading

• “narine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Old French

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *narina, from Latin nāris.

Noun

narine oblique singular, f (oblique plural narines, nominative singular narine, nominative plural narines)

1. nostril

Descendants

• French: narine
• Walloon: narene

See also

• nés