nez

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Bourguignon

Etymology

From Latin nasus.

Noun

nez m (plural nez)

  1. nose

Breton

Noun

nez ? (collective, singulative nezenn)

  1. nits

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French nez, from Old French nés, from Latin nāsus, from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s. Compare Italian naso.

Pronunciation

Noun

nez m (plural nez)

  1. nose
  2. someone who invents perfumes

Derived terms

Related terms

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Latvian

Particle

nez

  1. (colloquial) use to add uncertainty or obscurity to statement
  2. (colloquial) use in combinations like nez vai, nez no kurienes, nez cik, nez kā and so on

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French nés.

Noun

nez m (plural nez)

  1. nose

Norman

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French nés, from Latin nāsus. Geographical sense likely under influence from Old Norse nes (“headland”). See English ness.

Noun

nez m (plural nez)

  1. nose
  2. (Jersey, geography) headland
  3. (Jersey, nautical) bow

Walloon

Etymology

From Old French nés, from Latin nāsus, from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s.

Pronunciation

Noun

nez m

  1. nose

Yatzachi Zapotec

Etymology

From Proto-Zapotec *nesa.

Noun

nez

  1. road

Derived terms

References

  • Butler H., Inez M. (2000) Diccionario zapoteco de Yatzachi: Yatzachi el Bajo, Yatzachi el Alto, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 37)‎, second electronic edition, Coyoacán, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 268

Zoogocho Zapotec

Etymology

From Proto-Zapotec *nesa.

Noun

nez

  1. road

Derived terms

References

  • Long C., Rebecca, Cruz M., Sofronio (2000) Diccionario zapoteco de San Bartolomé Zoogocho, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 38)‎ (in Spanish), second electronic edition, Coyoacán, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 260
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