# nase
## English
### Etymology 1

From German Nase.

#### Pronunciation

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#### Noun

nase (plural nases or nase)
* Any of the genus Chondrostoma of freshwater potamodromous fishes.
** 1885, Charles Rau, Prehistoric Fishing in Europe and North America. Archæological Researches in Nicaragua (Smithsonian contributions to knowledge; XXV), City of Washington: Smithsonian Institution, pages 45–46: […] “With respect to fishes,” says Professor Rütimeyer, “many species were found which are now the most abundant in our lakes and rivers.” The following are mentioned:— The salmon (Salmo salar, Lin.), the pike (Esox lucius. Lin.), the perch (Perca fluviatilis, Lin.), the carp (Cyprinus carpio, Lin.), the dace (Cyprinus leuciscus, Lin.), the chub (Cyprinus dobula, Nilss.), the nase (Chondrostoma nasus, [Lin.] Agass.), the burbot (Lita vulgaris, Jen.), and the rud (Scardinius erythrophthalmus, [Lin.] Bon.).

##### Derived terms

* common nase (Chondrostoma nasus)
* Iberian nase (Pseudochondrostoma polylepis)
* southwest European nase (Parachondrostoma toxostoma)
    For more see Nase on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

##### Translations
### Etymology 2
#### Noun

nase (plural nases)
* Rare form of naze.
** 1877, Joseph Yelloly Watson, The Tendring Hundred in the Olden Time: A Series of Sketches ..., page 134:Alton Park, near the sea, was the Park made by Richard de Belmeis, Bishop of London, and he enclosed with it the wood then belonging to the Canons of St. Paul, and called [it] "Edulvesnase""—so that there was evidently a "nase" or promontory on this spot.
** 1889, Lafayette Charles Loomis, The Index Guide to Travel and Art-study in Europe: A Compendium of Geographical, Historical, and Artistic Information for the Use of Americans, page 533:The upper and Lower Nases, two promontories nearly dividing the lake, beyond which […]

### Anagrams

* ENSA, Esan, NAEs, NESA, Sean, Sena, eans, sane, sean

## French
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

nase (plural nases)
* Alternative spelling of naze (“worthless, knackered”)

### Further reading

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

## Guaraní
### Verb

nase
* to be born

## Latin
### Noun

nāse
* vocative singular of nāsus

## Middle High German
### Etymology

Inherited from Old High German nasa, from Proto-Germanic *nasō, from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s-.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (before 13th CE) /ˈnas̠ə/

### Noun

nase f
* nose

#### Descendants

* Alemannic German: Nase, Naase (Basel, Aargau, Lucerne, Zug, Schwyz, Uri)
** Swabian: Nas
* Bavarian: Nosn
* Central Franconian: Nas, Noas, Nos (western Moselle Franconian)
** Hunsrik: Naas
** Luxembourgish: Nues
* East Franconian: Nous
* German: Nase
* Rhine Franconian: Noos
** Pennsylvania German: Naas
* Vilamovian: nōs, nōz
* Yiddish: נאָז (noz)

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Noun

nase f or m (definite singular nasa or nasen, indefinite plural naser, definite plural nasene)
* form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by nese

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Alternative forms

* nåså (dialectal)

### Etymology

From Old Norse nasar and nasir, nominative and accusative plurals of nǫs f (whence Norwegian Nynorsk nos f. The verb is derived from the noun.

### Noun

nase m (definite singular nasen, indefinite plural nasar, definite plural nasane)
* (anatomy) nose (organ)
    Du har noko på nasen din.You've got something on your nose.
* nose (tip of an object)
    Nasen på flyet var dekt med snø.The nose of the airplane was covered in snow.

#### Synonyms

* (nose): nos

#### Derived terms

* naseblod

### Verb

nase (present tense nasar, past tense nasa, past participle nasa, passive infinitive nasast, present participle nasande, imperative nase/nas)
* to smell, sniff
    Sauen nasa på maten, men åt han ikkje.The sheep sniffed the food, but did not eat it.
* to nose (snoop)

#### Alternative forms

* nasa (a- and split infinitives)

### See also

* nese (Bokmål)

### References

* “nase” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

### Anagrams

* anse, asen, asne, ensa, nase, nesa, sena

## Old English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈnɑ.se/, [ˈnɑ.ze]

### Noun

nase
* inflection of nasu:
** nominative plural
** accusative singular/plural
** genitive/dative singular

## Swazi
### Conjunction

náse
* when

## Tarantino
### Noun

nase
* nose