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Webster 1913 Edition

Orifice

Or′i-fice

,
Noun.
[F., from L.
orificium
;
os
,
oris
, a mouth +
facere
to make. See
Oral
, and
Fact
.]
A mouth or aperture, as of a tube, pipe, etc.; an opening;
as, the
orifice
of an artery or vein; the
orifice
of a wound.
Shak.
Etna was bored through the top with a monstrous
orifice
.
Addison.

Webster 1828 Edition

Orifice

OR'IFICE

,
Noun.
[L. orificium; os, oris, mouth, and facio, to make.]
The mouth or aperture of a tube, pipe or other cavity; as the orifice of an artery or vein; the orifice of a wound.
The orifice of Etna.

Definition 2024

orifice

orifice

English

Noun

orifice ‎(plural orifices)

  1. A mouth or aperture, as of a tube, pipe, etc.; an opening.
    the orifice of an artery or vein   the orifice of a wound   the **** and other orifices

Translations

French

Etymology

From Late Latin orificium.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɔ.ʁi.fis]

Noun

orifice m ‎(plural orifices)

  1. an orifice

Etymology

From Middle French, from Old French, from Late Latin orificium ‎(“an opening, literally the making of a mouth”), compound of os ‎(“mouth”) + facio ‎(“to make”).

Pronunciation

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