neb
English
/nɛb/
noun
Definitions
- (now) A bird's beak or bill.
- (obsolete) A person's mouth.
- (now) A person's nose.
- (now) The peak of a flat cap.
- (now) The nose or snout of an animal, now especially of a fish.
- (now) A projecting extremity; a point or sharp projection.
- (now) A nib, as of a pen.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English neb (nose, face) inherited from Old English nebb (beak, face, nose) inherited from Proto-Germanic *nabją (beak, nose).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*nabją
Gloss
beak, nose
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
鼻
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Schnabel English
- neb-nose English
- nebbie English
- nebby English
- nose English
- Goldschnabelralle German
- Grünschnabel German
- Schnabel German
- Schnabelkerf German
- Schnabeltier German
- Schnabelwal German
- Schuhschnabel German
- schnabelförmig German
- schnabulieren German
- snabel Norwegian Bokmål
- *nabją Proto-Germanic
- gulnäbbad albatross Swedish
- korsnäbb Swedish
- långnäbbad mås Swedish
- näbb Swedish
- näbbdjur Swedish
- ringnäbbad mås Swedish
- rödnäbbad trut Swedish
- träskonäbb Swedish
- snabel Norwegian Nynorsk
- nebb Old English
- neb Middle English
- nebbi Old Norse
- nef Old Norse
- steðjanef Old Norse
- næb Danish
- næbdyr Danish
- træskonæb Danish
- nifler Old French
- fuglsnef Icelandic
- nef Icelandic
- neflaus Icelandic
- napia Galician
- nev Faroese
- snabel Middle High German