narine
French, noun/na.ʁin/
narine is a French feminine noun meaning “nostril” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Chacune des deux ouvertures du nez par lesquelles l’être humain respire et perçoit les odeurs”.
What does narine mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininenostril
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Chacune des deux ouvertures du nez par lesquelles l’être humain respire et perçoit les odeurs. 2. Ouverture équivalente chez un grand nombre d’animaux.
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 narine
- narines plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce narine?
- /na.ʁin/
- \na.ʁin\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to narine
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is narine in French?
narine appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).