Le mot anglais du jour

nose

nez

Définitions

anglais > français
nose
1. n. (Anatomie) Nez.
Mother Wolf lay with her big gray nose dropped across her four tumbling, squealing cubs, and the moon shone into the mouth of the cave where they all lived. (The Jungle Book - Rudyard Kipling)
Mère Louve était étendue, son gros nez gris tombé parmi ses quatre petits qui se culbutaient en criant, et la lune luisait par l'ouverture de la caverne où ils vivaient tous.
2. n. Flair
3. v. Sentir, flairer
anglais > anglais
nose
1. n. A protuberance on the face housing the nostrils, which are used to breathe or smell.
She has a cold in the nose.
2. n. A snout, the nose of an animal.
3. n. The tip of an object.
the nose of a tea-kettle, a bellows, or a fighter plane
4. n. (horse racing) The length of a horse’s nose, used to indicate the distance between horses at the finish of a race, or any very close race.
Red Rum only won by a nose.
5. n. A perfumer.
6. n. The power of smelling.
7. n. Bouquet, the smell of something, especially wine.
8. n. The skill in recognising bouquet.
It is essential that a winetaster develops a good nose.
9. n. (by extension) Skill at finding information.
A successful reporter has a nose for news.
10. v. (intransitive) To move cautiously by advancing its front end.
The ship nosed through the minefield.
11. v. (intransitive) To snoop.
She was nosing around other people’s business.
12. v. To detect by smell or as if by smell.
13. v. To push with one's nose; to nuzzle.
14. v. To defeat (as in a race or other contest) by a narrow margin; sometimes with out.
15. v. To utter in a nasal manner; to pronounce with a nasal twang.
to nose a prayer
16. v. To furnish with a nose.
to nose a stair tread
17. v. To confront; be closely face to face or opposite to.
français > anglais
nez
1. n-m. nose
2. n-m. someone who invents perfumes