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Noun

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nare (plural nares)

  1. (rare, anatomy) A nostril

Usage notes

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The 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.

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Aromanian

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Noun

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nare f

  1. Alternative form of nari

Basque

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /naɾe/ [na.ɾe]
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  • Rhymes: -aɾe
  • Hyphenation: na‧re

Adjective

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nare (comparative nareago, superlative nareen, excessive nareegi)

  1. calm
    Synonyms: bare, lasai

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Further reading

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  • 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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Adjective

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nare

  1. inflection of naar:
    1. masculine/feminine singular attributive
    2. definite neuter singular attributive
    3. plural attributive

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Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈna.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: nà‧re

Noun

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nare f pl

  1. (obsolete) Alternative form of nari (nostrils)

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Japanese

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Romanization

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nare

  1. Rōmaji transcription of なれ

Latin

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Verb

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nāre

  1. present active infinitive of

Middle English

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Adjective

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nare

  1. Alternative form of narwe

Adverb

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nare

  1. Alternative form of narwe

Murui Huitoto

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Etymology

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From na +‎ -re.

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Adverb

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nare

  1. yesterday

References

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  • 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

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Etymology

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From Proto-Bantu *njátɪ́.

Noun

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nare

  1. buffalo

Pali

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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nare

  1. inflection of nara (man):
    1. locative singular
    2. accusative plural

Romanian

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Noun

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nare f (plural nări)

  1. Alternative form of nară

Declension

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singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative nare narea nari narile
genitive-dative nari narii nari narilor
vocative nare, nareo narilor

Sotho

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Etymology

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From Proto-Bantu *njátɪ́.

Noun

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nare class 9/10 (plural dinare)

  1. buffalo

Tswana

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Etymology

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From Proto-Bantu *njátɪ́.

Noun

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nare class 9 (plural dinare)

  1. buffalo

Venetan

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Verb

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nare

  1. Alternative form of ndar