vibrisse
French, noun/vi.bʁis/
vibrisse is spelled V-I-B-R-I-S-S-E (8 letters). Vibrisse is a French feminine noun meaning “vibrissa (any of the tactile whiskers on the nose of an animal such as a cat; any similar feather near the mouth of some birds)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Poil à l’intérieur des narines chez l’être humain”.
What does vibrisse mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininevibrissa (any of the tactile whiskers on the nose of an animal such as a cat; any similar feather near the mouth of some birds)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Poil à l’intérieur des narines chez l’être humain. 2. Organe sensoriel propre à certains animaux, d’une forme de poil chez les mammifères, de plume chez les oiseaux et de soie chez les insectes (particulièrement les diptères).
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of vibrisse
- vibrisses plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vibrisse?
- /vi.bʁis/
- \vi.bʁis\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to vibrisse
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.