nez

From Latin nasus.

nez m (plural nez)

1. nose

nez ? (collective, singulative nezenn)

1. nits

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

• IPA^(key): /ne/

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• Homophones: né, née, nées, nés

nez m (plural nez)

1. nose
2. someone who invents perfumes

• narine
• nasal
• naseau

• visage
• flair
• museau

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

• zen

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

From Old French nés.

nez m (plural nez)

1. nose

• naïz (Guernsey)

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

nez m (plural nez)

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

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

• IPA^(key): /ne/

nez m

1. nose

From Proto-Zapotec *nesa.

nez

1. road

• 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)‎^[1], second electronic edition, Coyoacán, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 268

From Proto-Zapotec *nesa.

nez

1. road

• 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)‎^[2] (in Spanish), second electronic edition, Coyoacán, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 260