nare
English
editNoun
editnare (plural nares)
- (rare, anatomy) A nostril
- 1663, Samuel Butler, Hudibras, part 1, canto 1:
- There is a Machiavelian plot, / Tho' ev'ry nare olfact it not;
Usage notes
editThe Latin declension, naris (singular) and nares (plural), came to medical English from scholarly use of Latin. It is also generally treated by major dictionaries as the naturalized English declension; that is, many enter English nares and naris but do not enter nare (as of 2017). However, nare has been used in English for centuries; for example, Webster's 1913 enters it, and Samuel Butler's use of it in Hudibras in 1663—"There is a Machiavelian plot, / Tho' ev'ry nare olfact it not"—is familiar to readers of Edgar Allan Poe, who used that line as an epigraph to "The Folio Club". It is likely that the singular nare began as the back-formed presumed singular of nares, the latter having been taken by some readers to be an English regular plural, which in turn caused that sense of nares to become realized. But regardless of whether it is such a back-formation or it represents some little-recorded longtime English cognate of Romance words for a nostril (such as narine and narina), it sometimes appears today in phrases giving dosages for nasal administration, such as "5 mL in each nare." In modern medical and pharmacological usage, one can safely prefer naris or nostril simply to avoid using a word that "isn't in the dictionary" and might be viewed by some readers as an error for naris.
Derived terms
editAnagrams
editAromanian
editNoun
editnare f
- Alternative form of nari
Basque
editEtymology
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editnare (comparative nareago, superlative nareen, excessive nareegi)
Declension
editindefinite | singular | plural | ||
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absolutive | nare | narea | nareak | |
ergative | narek | nareak | nareek | |
dative | nareri | nareari | nareei | |
genitive | nareren | narearen | nareen | |
comitative | narerekin | narearekin | nareekin | |
causative | narerengatik | narearengatik | nareengatik | |
benefactive | narerentzat | narearentzat | nareentzat | |
instrumental | narez | nareaz | nareez | |
inessive | anim. | narerengan | narearengan | nareengan |
inanim. | naretan | narean | nareetan | |
locative | anim. | — | — | — |
inanim. | naretako | nareko | nareetako | |
allative | anim. | narerengana | narearengana | nareengana |
inanim. | naretara | narera | nareetara | |
terminative | anim. | narerenganaino | narearenganaino | nareenganaino |
inanim. | naretaraino | nareraino | nareetaraino | |
directive | anim. | narerenganantz | narearenganantz | nareenganantz |
inanim. | naretarantz | narerantz | nareetarantz | |
destinative | anim. | narerenganako | narearenganako | nareenganako |
inanim. | naretarako | narerako | nareetarako | |
ablative | anim. | narerengandik | narearengandik | nareengandik |
inanim. | naretatik | naretik | nareetatik | |
partitive | narerik | — | — | |
prolative | naretzat | — | — |
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “nare”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
- “nare”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005
Dutch
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editAudio: (file)
Adjective
editnare
- inflection of naar:
Anagrams
editItalian
editPronunciation
editNoun
editnare f pl
Anagrams
editJapanese
editRomanization
editnare
Latin
editVerb
editnāre
Middle English
editAdjective
editnare
- Alternative form of narwe
Adverb
editnare
- Alternative form of narwe
Murui Huitoto
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editAdverb
editnare
References
edit- Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017) A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia.[1], Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis)
Northern Sotho
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Bantu *njátɪ́.
Noun
editnare
Pali
editAlternative forms
editNoun
editnare
- inflection of nara (“man”):
Romanian
editNoun
editnare f (plural nări)
- Alternative form of nară
Declension
editSotho
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Bantu *njátɪ́.
Noun
editnare class 9/10 (plural dinare)
Tswana
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Bantu *njátɪ́.
Noun
editnare class 9 (plural dinare)
Venetan
editVerb
editnare
- Alternative form of ndar
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