Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nase

/nˈeɪz/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.54 in modern English

Syllables: nase
IPA: /nˈeɪz/

4

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from German.

noun

Any member of the genus Chondrostoma of freshwater potamodromous fishes.

noun

Rare form of naze.

Example Sentences

"[…] “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.)."
"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."
"The upper and Lower Nases, two promontories nearly dividing the lake, beyond which […]"

Etymology

Borrowed from German Nase.

Inflected Forms

Nases (plural)

Phrases

common nase Iberian nase southwest European nase

Homonyms

nays

Rhymes With

days ways plays raise phase praise phrase pays stays essays displays rays

Questions

How do you pronounce nase?: The recorded pronunciation is /nˈeɪz/.
What does nase mean?: A surname from German.
Where does nase come from?: Borrowed from German Nase.

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