"nose" in seven languages
Meaningnose
Spanish
nariz
/naˈɾiθ/
fem.other source · Latin NĀRĒS 'nostrils', reshaped in Vulgar Latin
French
nez
/ne/
masc.inherited
Italian
naso
/ˈnaso/
masc.inherited
Portuguese
nariz
/naˈɾis/
masc.other source · Latin NĀRĒS 'nostrils', reshaped in Vulgar Latin
Like Spanish nariz, but masculine: o nariz.
Romanian
nas
/nas/
neut.inherited
plural: nasuri
Catalan
nas
/nas/
masc.inherited
English
nose
/noʊz/
Indo-European kin · PIE *néh₂s-
English → ItaliannosenasoDistant cognateRelated only through Indo-European, thousands of years back (night ~ noche). But English has relatives: nasal.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
NĀSUM‘nose’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
French and Italian kept NĀSUS; Spanish named the nose after its nostrils (NĀRĒS) — and made it feminine, la nariz. The learned adjective nasal is identical in all four languages.
English relatives: nasal
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In a sentence
- esTiene la nariz grande.
- frIl a un grand nez.
- itHa il naso grande.
- ptEle tem o nariz grande.
- roAre nasul mare.
- caTé el nas gros.
- enHe has a big nose.