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Added 9 October 2026

snout

/snaʊt/ noun

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about snout at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A long projecting or anterior elongation of an animal's head; especially the nose.
Informal terms for the nose.
Beaklike projection of the anterior part of the head of certain insects such as e.g. weevils.

Origin

From Middle English snowte, snout, snute, from Old English *snūt, *snūte or Middle Low German snûte, from Proto-West Germanic *snūt, from Proto-Germanic *snūtaz. Compare Saterland Frisian Snuute (“snout”), West Frisian snút (“snout”), Dutch snuit or snoet (“snout; cute face”), German Low German Snuut (“snout”), German Schnauze, Schnute (“snout”). Doublet of snoot.

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