nozzle

English

A nozzle expelling water (1).

Alternative forms

• nosel, nosle, nozle (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English noselle, equivalent to nose +‎ -le (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɒzəl/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɒzəl

Noun

nozzle (plural nozzles)

1. A short tube, usually tapering, forming the vent of a hose or pipe.
2. A short outlet or inlet pipe projecting from the end or side of a hollow vessel, as a steam-engine cylinder or a steam boiler.
3. The nose of an animal; muzzle.
   • 1887, Fanny Chambers Gooch, Face to Face with the Mexicans, Chapter XVI, p. 489:

     At length the acme of a typical Mexican scene was reached when the burros unceremoniously raised their nozzles and brayed loud and long.

4. The part of an earbud that accommodates eartips.

   The shape of the nozzle prevents the use of aftermarket eartips.

Coordinate terms

• (short tube): spout

Derived terms

• douche nozzle
• monitor nozzle
• snozzle

 

Translations

short tube

• Bulgarian: дюза (bg) f (djuza), струйник (bg) m (strujnik)
• Czech: trubka (cs)
• Dutch: buis (nl) f, pijp (nl) f
• Esperanto: ajuto (eo)
• Finnish: suulake
• French: ajutage (fr) m
• German: Düse (de) f, Stutzen (de) m, Tülle (de) f, Öffnung (de) f, Schnauze (de) f, Ausgießer m, Zotte (de) f, Zeute f, Schneppe f, Zerstäuberdüse f, Auslauf (de) m, Ausguss (de) m, Austrittsdüse f, Gasdüse f
• Greek: στόμιο (el) n (stómio), μπεκ (el) n (bek)
• Italian: ugello (it)
• Japanese: ノズル (ja) (nozuru)
• Khmer: ចំពួយ (km) (cɑmpuəy), ក្បាល (km) (kbaal)
• Lao: please add this translation if you can
• Macedonian: шопур m (šopur), шопурка f (šopurka), млазница f (mlaznica)
• Malay: muncung
• Persian: نازل (fa) (nâzel)
• Polish: dysza (pl) f
• Portuguese: bocal (pt) m
• Romanian: duză (ro) f
• Russian: наса́дка (ru) f (nasádka), наконе́чник (ru) m (nakonéčnik), па́трубок (ru) m (pátrubok)
• Serbo-Croatian: díza (sh)
• Spanish: boquilla (es) f, tobera (es) f, inyector m
• Swedish: munstycke (sv), pip (sv) c, dysa c
• Tamil: முனை (ta) (muṉai)
• Thai: หัวฉีด (hŭa chèet)
• Vietnamese: vòi phun

inlet or outlet pipe

• Bulgarian: щуцер (bg) m (štucer)
• Czech: tryska (cs) f
• Dutch: overloopventiel n, pijp (nl) f
• Finnish: suulake
• French: jet (fr) m, tuyère (fr) f
• German: Rohrstutzen m, Ablaufstutzen m, Gewindestutzen m, Anzapfstutzen m, Abdampfstutzen m, Füllstutzen m, Abfüllstutzen m, Stutzen (de) m, Spülstutzen m, Tülle (de) f
• Greek: στόμιο (el) n (stómio) (in), σιφόνι (el) n (sifóni) (out)
• Hebrew: מַזְנֵק (he) m (maznek)
• Japanese: ノズル (ja) (nozuru)
• Macedonian: шопур m (šopur), шопурка f (šopurka)
• Polish: króciec m
• Russian: сопло́ (ru) n (sopló), форсу́нка (ru) f (forsúnka)
• Spanish: tobera (es) f, boquilla (es) f, inyector m
• Swedish: pip (sv), dysa c, munstycke (sv) n

nose of an animal

• French: museau (fr) m

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Italian: ^{(please verify)} ugello (it) m
• Korean: ^{(please verify)} 분사구 (bunsagu)
• Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 噴管／喷管 (zh), ^{(please verify)} 喷管 (zh)
• Persian: ^{(please verify)} نوک (fa) (nok), ^{(please verify)} شیپوره (fa)