orifice definition

English orifice definition

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”).

orifice (plural orifices)

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

mouth or aperture, as of a tube, pipe

Armenian: բացվածք (hy) (bacʿvackʿ), անցք (hy) (ancʿkʿ), ծակ (hy) (cak)
Bulgarian: отвор (bg) m (otvor), отверстие (bg) n (otverstie), устие (bg) n (ustie), проход (bg) m (prohod), дюза (bg) f (djuza), жигльор (bg) m (žigljor), щуцер (bg) m (štucer)
Catalan: orifici (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 孔 (zh) (kǒng), 口 (zh) (kǒu), 洞 (zh) (dòng), 開口 (zh) (kāi kǒu)
Danish: åbning c
Faroese: op n, opilsi
Finnish: aukko (fi), reikä (fi)
French: orifice (fr) m
German: Öffnung (de) f
Icelandic: (an opening) op (is) n, (a mouth) munnur (is) m

orifice (see anus etc. for specific body cavities) — see hole

orifice m (plural orifices)