nare

See also: Appendix:Variations of "nare"

English

Noun

nare (plural nares)

1. (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

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.

Derived terms

• narial

Anagrams

• eRNA, earn, Nera, rean, Rane, Near, near, Earn, Arne, erna, EARN

Aromanian

Noun

nare f

1. Alternative form of nari

Basque

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /naɾe/ [na.ɾe]

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• Rhymes: -aɾe
• Hyphenation: na‧re

Adjective

nare (comparative nareago, superlative nareen, excessive nareegi)

1. calm

   Synonyms: bare, lasai

Declension

Declension of nare (adjective, ending in vowel)

		indefinite	singular	plural
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

• narerik (“calmly”)
• naretasun (“calmness”)
• naretu (“to calm”)

 

Further reading

• “nare”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
• “nare”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Adjective

nare

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

Anagrams

• erna

Italian

Pronunciation

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

Noun

nare f pl

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

Anagrams

• Nera, nera, rane, rena

Japanese

Romanization

nare

1. Rōmaji transcription of なれ

Latin

Verb

nāre

1. present active infinitive of nō

Middle English

Adjective

nare

1. Alternative form of narwe

Adverb

nare

1. Alternative form of narwe

Murui Huitoto

Etymology

From na +‎ -re.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈna.ɾɛ]

Adverb

nare

1. yesterday

References

• 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

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *njátɪ́.

Noun

nare

1. buffalo

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀦𑀭𑁂 (Brahmi script)
• नरे (Devanagari script)
• নরে (Bengali script)
• නරෙ (Sinhalese script)
• နရေ or ၼရေ (Burmese script)
• นเร or นะเร (Thai script)
• ᨶᩁᩮ (Tai Tham script)
• ນເຣ or ນະເຣ (Lao script)
• នរេ (Khmer script)
• 𑄚𑄢𑄬 (Chakma script)

Noun

nare

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

Romanian

Noun

nare f (plural nări)

1. Alternative form of nară

Declension

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

Sotho

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *njátɪ́.

Noun

nare class 9/10 (plural dinare)

1. buffalo

Tswana

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *njátɪ́.

Noun

nare class 9 (plural dinare)

1. buffalo

Venetan

Verb

nare

1. Alternative form of ndar