Sust. FEM. plur. nose. 1. Each of the - two - holes of the olfactory organ, in the prominent part of the human face, or little or no outgoing in other vertebrates. 2 Limb acute or tip in works and ships to cut off the water or the air. Nose comes from the classical Latin "nares, narium". Nose, of «naris, naris ". The name of the respective organ should be 'naso', derived from ' nasus, nasi '. As well or as cognates ( similar ) happens in other languages: ) Afrikaans, neus; (b) ) German, Nase ( always with capital letter ) c ) Belarusian, Bulgarian, Czech, Croatian, Slovak, Slovenian, Polish, Russian and Serbian, us; (d) ) Catalan, nas; e ) Danish, naese ( ae should be replaced by one to intimately linked to one and ) f ) Esperanto, nazo; g ) Finnish, nenae ( an 'a' with diaeresis must replace 'ae' ) h ) French, nez; i ) Dutch, neus; j ) English, nose; k ) Italian, naso; l ) Lithuanian, nosis; m ) Macedonian, nosot; n ) Norwegian, nese; o ) Romanian, nas; p. ) Swedish, naesa ( an 'a' with diaeresis must replace 'ae' ). «Maxillaris» comes from the adjective "nasal". In summary, the use of 'nose' for is improper: 1 ) the set of both holes; This is equivalent to that one equals two; 2 ) the body; even worse. Synonyms: tasters of aromas, nasal, outgoing graves. Source of equivalences: Google translate.