Nisi

Definition: Nisi

Nisi

Adjective

1. Not final or absolute; "the decree is nisi and not absolute".

Date "nisi" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1588. (references)

Etymology: Nisi \Ni"si\, conj. [Latin expression]. (Websters 1913)

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
Entry	Source	Expression	Field
NISI	English	Network Information Services Infrastructure	Computer - Computer - (ISDN)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Benevolence	Phrase: " act a charity sometimes "; " a tender heart, a will inflexible "; de mortuis nil nisi bonum; " kind words are more than coronets "; quando amigo pide no hay manana; " the social smile, the sympathetic tear ".
Command	Dictation; dictate, mandate; caveat, decree, senatus consultum; precept; prescript, rescript; writ, ordination, bull, ex cathedra pronouncement, edict, decretal, dispensation, prescription, brevet, placit, ukase, ukaz, firman, hatti-sherif, warrant, passport, mittimus, mandamus, summons, subpoena, nisi prius, interpellation, citation; word, word of command; mot d'ordre; bugle call, trumpet call; beat of drum, tattoo; order of the day; enactment; (law); plebiscite; (choice).
Death	Phrase: life ebbs, life fails, life hangs by a thread; one's days are numbered, one's hour is come, one's race is run, one's doom is sealed; Death knocks at the door, Death stares one in the face; the breath is out of the body; the grave closes over one; sic itur ad astra; de mortuis nil nisi bonum; dulce et decorum est pro patria mori; honesta mors turpi vita potior; "in adamantine chains shall death be bound"; mors ultima linea rerum est; ominia mors aequat; "Spake the grisly Terror"; "the lone couch of this everlasting sleep"; nothing is certain but death and taxes.
Lawsuit	Writ, summons, subpoena, latitat, nisi prius; venire, venire facias
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Nisi

English words defined with "nisi": Court in banc, Court in bank, court of assize and nisi prius ♦ decree nisi ♦ Nisi prius ♦ Postea. (references)

Specialty definitions using "nisi": Cut neither Nails nor Hair at Sea ♦ De Mortuis Nil Nisi Bonum ♦ Rule Nisi. A. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Nisi" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

Latin (advance, depend on, except, if not, labor, lean upon, press, strive, struggle, unless).

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Nisi!! (BAP*S; writing credit: Troy Beyer)
Movie/TV Titles	To Nisi tis amartias (1973) Skandala sto nisi tou erota (1963) Nisi ton peirasmon (1961) To Nisi tis agapis (1960) Nikad nisi sam (1955)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	Public Key Cryptography Nisi Publication (reference) Trials per pais, or, The law of England concerning juries by nisi prius, & c (reference) Asa nisi masa (reference) Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, vbi hvmana omnia non nisi somnivm esse docet, atqve obiter plvrima scitv sane quam digna commemorat, Venice 1499 (reference) Nil nisi bene (reference) (more book examples)

Music	Asa nisi masa Brian Wave Project (reference) Vivaldi: Nisi Dominus Rv608, Stabat Mate [IMPORT] (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Author	Date	Quotation
John Locke	1690	Quod itaque populus malum, antequam factum sit, impedire potest, ne fiat, id postquam factum est, in regem authorem sceleris vindicare non potest: populus igitur hoc amplius quam privatus quispiam habet: quod huic, vel ipsis adversariis judicibus, excepto Buchanano, nullum nisi in patientia remedium superest. (Second Treatise of Government)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Nisi" is generally used as an unclassified items -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Nisi" is used about 22 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Unclassified Items	100%	22	74,468

Expressions using "nisi": court of assize and nisi prius ♦ de mortuis nil nisi bonum ♦ decree nisi ♦ nisi prius ♦ order nisi. Additional references.
Hypenated Usage
	Ending with "nisi": canadian-nisi.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Language		Translations for "nisi"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		në se nuk. (various references)

Arabic		‏التفريق الآجل (decree nisi). (various references)

Bulgarian		условен (conditional, conditioned, conventional, provisional, provisory). (various references)

French		session nisi prius (nisi prius), jugement provisoire de divorce (decree nisi), jugement conditionnel (decree nisi). (various references)

Hebrew		צו על ת� אי (decree nisi, order nisi). (various references)

Hungarian		ideiglenes, jogi kifejezés. (various references)

Manx		shallidagh (acting, interim, irregular, make do, provisional, provisory, temporary, tentative, transient, transitional), er conaant (conditionally, provided). (various references)

Pig Latin		isinay

Portuguese		salvo se (unless), beatitude budista, a não ser que (but, save, unless, without). (various references)

Russian		если не (but, unless). (various references)

Spanish		si no (or else, unless). (various references)

Swedish		om inte (if not, unless, without). (various references)

Turkish		yoksa (else, except, or, or else, otherwise), olmazsa (barring, except, failing, failing this, unless), aksi halde (else, failing this, if not, or else, otherwise). (various references)

Ukranian		якщо не (except, if not, save, saving, unless). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	cui, cuique, cuius, cuiusque, nequam, quae, quaeque, quaesumus, quam, quarum, quas, quasque, quem, qui, quibus, quid, quique, quis, quisque, quo, quoque, quorum, quos, quosque. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Language	Date	Source	John Chapter 9, Verse 33
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	Ei mh hn outoV para qeou ouk hdunato poiein ouden
Latin	405	Vulgate	Nisi esset hic a Deo non poterat facere quicquam
Old English	990	West Saxon	Ne myhte he þas þing don gyf henære of gode.
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	He myyt not do ony thing.
Renaissance English	1526	Tyndale	If this man were not of God he coulde have done no thinge.
Jacobean English	1611	King James	If this man were not of God, he could do nothing.
Victorian English	1833	Webster	If this man were not from God, he could do nothing.
Basic English	1964	Ogden	If this man did not come from God he would be unable to do anything.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language	John Chapter 9, Verse 33
Bulgarian	И тъй, ако Аз, �"оспод и Учител, ви омих нозете, то и вие сте длъжни един на друг да си миете нозете.
Cebuano	Kon kadtong tawhana dili pa gikan sa Dios, wala unta siyay arang mahimo."
Chinese	這人若不是從　神來的、 �"� 麼也不能作。
Croatian	Kad ovaj ne bi bio od Boga, ne bi mogao èiniti ništa".
Danish	Var denne ikke fra Gud, da kunde han intet gøre."
Dutch	Indien Deze van God niet ware, Hij zou niets kunnen doen.
Finnish	Jos hän ei olisi Jumalasta, ei hän voisi mitään tehdä."
French	Si cet homme ne venait pas de Dieu, il ne pourrait rien faire.
German	Wäre dieser nicht von Gott, er könnte nichts tun.
Haitian Creole	Si nonm sa a pa t' soti nan Bondye, li pa ta ka fè anyen.
Hungarian	Ha ez nem Istentõl volna, semmit sem cselekedhetnék.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Kalau orang itu bukan dari Allah, Ia tak akan dapat berbuat apa-apa."
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Jikalau orang itu bukan daripada Allah, tiadalah dapat memperbuat apa-apa."
Italian	Se costui non fosse da Dio, non avrebbe potuto far nulla».
Korean	이 사 람 이 하 나 님 께 로 부 터 오 지 아 니 하 였 으 면 아 무 일 도 � 수 없 으 리 이 다'
Latvian	Ja Viòð nebûtu no Dieva, tad Viòð neko nevarçtu darît.
Maori	Ki te mea kihai i puta mai tenei tangata i te Atua, e kore e taea e ia tetahi mea.
Modern Greek	Εαν ουτος δεν ητο παρα Θεου, δεν ηδυνατο να καμη ουδεν.
Norwegian	var ikke denne mann fra Gud, da kunde han intet gjøre.
Portuguese	Se este não fosse de Deus, nada poderia fazer.
Rumanian	Dacq omul acesta n`ar veni dela Dumnezeu, n`ar putea face nimic.``
Russian	еУМЙ �'Щ пО ОЕ �'ЩМ ПФ вПЗБ, ОЕ НПЗ �'Щ ФЧПТЙФШ ОЙЮЕЗП.
Shuar	Ju aishman Yúsaiyanchuitkiunka penké Túrachaayi" Tímiayi.
Spanish	Si éste no procediera de Dios, no podría hacer nada.
Swahili	Kama mtu huyu hakutoka kwa Mungu, hangeweza kufanya chochote!"
Swedish	Vore denne icke från Gud, så kunde han intet göra."
Thai	ถ้าท่านผู้นั้นไม่ไ�"้มาจากพระเจ้าแล้ว ก็จะทำอะไรไม่ไ�"้"
Ukrainian	Коли б не від Бога був Цей, �'ін нічого не міг би чинити.
Uma	Ane Yesus uma-i ngkai Alata'ala, tantu uma-i bisa mpobabehi napa-napa."
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations
	Words containing "nisi": agonising, anisic, attitudinising, botanising, canonising, cognising, colonising, communising, cutinising, demonising, divinising, ebonising, eternising, feminising, galvanising, harmonising, homogenising, humanising, immunising, ionising, italianising, kyanising, lionising, lysogenising, masculinising, modernising, organising, ozonising, paganising, patronising, proletarianising, prussianising, recognising, revolutionising, romanising, scrutinising, skeletonising, suburbanising, synchronising, tetanising, tyrannising, unionising, urbanising, vulcanising, westernising, womanising. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Words rhyming with "nisi" (pronounced 'Ni"si'): Jussi, Parcheesi, Patesi, Quasi, Uva-ursi. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "i-i-n-s"
	-1 letter: ins, sin.
	-2 letters: in, is, si.
	Words containing the letters "i-i-n-s"
	+1 letter: finis, intis, minis, nisei.
	+2 letters: animis, anisic, bindis, binits, blinis, casini, ficins, finish, icings, imines, incise, indies, indris, inions, inside, insist, instil, iodins, ionics, ionise, isatin, isling, kinins, linins, lipins, minims, minish, nihils, niseis, nixies, raisin, ricins, rising, saimin, seisin, seizin, seniti, siding, sileni, simian, simlin, siping, siring, siskin, siting, sizing, skiing, vising, vision, winish, wising.
	+3 letters: aiblins, airings, amidins, anilins, animism, animist, arising, asinine, aspirin, avidins, biasing, biffins, biggins, bikinis, bionics, biotins, brinies, brinish, chitins, citrins, clinics, cuisine, diamins, diazins, dingies, dinkies, dioxins, discing, disdain, dishing, disjoin, disking, dislimn, dissing, distain, divines, eiswein, elision, eosinic, fibrins, filings, finalis, finfish, finials, finings, finises, finites, firings, firkins, fishing, fission, fisting, fixings, griskin, guising, heinies, hidings, hijinks, hinnies, hissing, histing, hoising, iciness, ignites, impings, incisal, incised, incises, incisor, incites, inclips, indices, indicts, indigos, indites, indiums, indusia, infirms, infixes, inkiest, inliers, innings, inosite, insider, insides, insight, insigne, insipid, insists, inspire, instill, instils, insulin, intimas, intines, intuits, intwist, inulins, invites, inwinds, iodines, ionised, ionises, ioniums, ionizes, irenics, irising, ironies, ironist, isatine, isatins, isoline, isospin, issuing, kainits, kidskin, kinesic, kinesis, kinship, kipskin, kissing, liaison, lignins, likings, lindies, liniest, linings, lionise, lisping, listing, livings, meinies, menisci, minibus, minings, minions, miniski, miniums, minnies, minxish, misbind, miscoin, misjoin, mislain, missing, mission, misting, niacins, nifties, nilgais, nimious, ninnies, nitrids, nitrils, nitwits, noirish, noisier, noisily, noising, oilskin, origins, peising, pianism, pianist, picnics, pidgins, piggins, pigskin, pilings, pinfish, piniest, pinions, pinites, pinkies, pinkish, pinnies, pipings, pipkins, pippins, piscina, piscine, pishing, pissing, poising, prising, quinins, raising, raisins, raisiny, rapinis, ricinus, ridings, rinsing, risings, risking, sailing, saimins, saining, salicin, santimi, seining, seising, seisins, seizing, seizins, senarii, sericin, shindig, shinier, shinily, shining, sibling, siccing, sicking, sidings, sidling, sieging, sienite, sieving, sifting, siganid, sighing, signify, signing, signior, signori, silicon, silking, siloing, silting, simians, simlins, singing, sinking, sinning, sinopia, sinopie, sipping, sirloin, siskins, sitting, sizings, skiings, skiting, skiving, slicing, sliding, sliming, sliping, smidgin, smiling, smiting, sniping, soiling, sordini, spicing, spiking, spiling, spinier, spiring, spiting, splenii, stibine, suiting, swinish, swiping, swiving, tahinis, tidings, tiepins, tiffins, tilings, timings, tineids, tiniest, titians, unifies, unities, vikings, viniest, violins, virgins, virions, visaing, viseing, visions, wienies, winiest, wirings, wishing, wisping, wissing, wisting, withins, yoginis, zinnias.
	+4 letters: abscisin, actinias, actinism, adenitis, advising, agisting, airiness, airlines, albinism, alienism, alienist, allicins, alpinism, alpinist, amidines, anilines, animisms, animists, antibias, antiship, antiskid, antislip, ascidian, aspiring, aspirins, avionics, bairnish, biassing, biddings, biggings, billings, billions, binaries, bindings, birdings, birlings, bittings, bivinyls, blissing, brainish, braising, brasilin, briniest, brionies, brisking, brisling, bruising, canikins, canities, capsicin, ceilings, chitlins, cinerins, cipolins, citizens, citrines, coitions, colicins, colistin, coniines, coniosis, crinites, crinoids, crisping, cruising, cuisines, cutinise, cynicism, dainties, decision, demising, derision, desiring, devising, dialings, diamines, diazines, dictions, diggings, digoxins, diminish, dinghies, dingiest, dinkiest, discoing, disdains, disinter, disjoins, disjoint, dislimns, distains, distinct, distrain, disunion, disunite, disunity, disusing, diviners, divinest, divinise, division, dominies, drivings, editions, einstein, eisweins, elisions, emission, enisling, enmities, ensiling, entities, envision, excising, excision, existing, failings, faintish, fairings, feminise, feminism, feminist, fibroins, fictions, fiendish, fillings, finalise, finalism, finalist, findings, fineries, finished, finisher, finishes, finniest, fishings, fishline, fissions, fittings, fivepins, foisting, frisking, gainsaid, giantism, gildings, gingelis, gingilis, ginniest, ginnings, gipsying, gliadins, gneissic, griffins, griskins, hairpins, heisting, hildings, hiplines, hirsling, hirudins, hissings, histamin, histidin, hoisting, hominids, hominies, ichnites, ickiness, iffiness, ignatias, ignifies, igniters, ignitors, illusion, imagines, imagings, immunise, impaints, impinges, imposing, imprints, imprison, inbeings, incasing, incipits, incising, incision, incisive, incisors, incisory, incisure, inciters, inclines, incusing, indamins, indicans, indicias, indigens, indigoes, inditers, indulins, indusial, indusium, inertias, infamies, infidels, infields, infights, inflicts, infusing, infusion, infusive, ingrains, inhabits, inherits, inhesion, inhibins, inhibits, initials, injuries, inkiness, inklings, inosites, inositol, inquiets, inquires, insanity, inscribe, inshrine, insiders, insights, insignia, insisted, insister, insomnia, inspired, inspirer, inspires, inspirit, instills, instinct, insulins, insuring, intarsia, interims, intimist, intitles, introits, intwines, intwists, invalids, invasion, invasive, inveighs, inviscid, invitees, inviters, invoices, iodising, iodopsin, ionising, ionizers, ironings, ironists, ironizes, ironside, isatines, isatinic, isocline, isogenic, isogonic, isolines, isonomic, isospins, isotonic, isthmian, itchings, jillions, jingoish, jingoism, jingoist, joinings, joisting, kainites, kaiserin, kidskins, killings, kiltings, kinesics, kinetics, kinetins, kingfish, kingpins, kingship, kingside, kinkiest, kinships, kipskins, kitlings, kolinski, lemnisci, lenities, liaising, liaisons, lickings, lignites, ligroins, liminess, limpkins, lingiest, linguist, lintiest, lionfish, lionised, lioniser, lionises, lionizes, lippings, listings, litanies, luminism, luminist, mailings, mainsail, manikins, martinis, maximins, midirons, midlines, millines, millings, millions, minciest, mingiest, minibars, minicabs, minicams, minicars, minifies, minikins, minilabs, minimals, minimise, minimums, minished, minishes, miniskis, minister, ministry, minivans, minivers, mintiest, miriness, misalign, misbegin, misbinds, miscoins, miscuing, misdoing, misgiven, misinfer, misinter, misjoins, mislying, mispaint, mispoint, misprint, missions, misthink, mistrain, misunion, misusing, monistic, musician, mutinies, narcissi, nativism, nativist, nazifies, neuritis, niblicks, niceties, nicotins, nidifies, niellist, niftiest, nighties, nigrosin, nihilism, nihilist, nilghais, ninepins, nineties, ninnyish, niobiums, nippiest, nitchies, niteries, nitinols, nitpicks, nitrides, nitriles, nitrites, nittiest, noisiest, nomistic, notifies, nudities, obsidian, oiliness, oilskins, olivines, omission, opinions, oscinine, ostinati, pairings, panmixis, penicils, pianisms, pianists, pickings, picolins, piecings, pignolis, pigskins, pillions, pineries, pinitols, pinkings, pintails, pintsize, pipiness, piscinae, piscinal, piscinas, pittings, pixiness, positing, position, praising, primines, primings, prissing, pristine, psilocin, quininas, quinines, quinoids, quinsies, quintics, quintins, quisling, railings, rainiest, raisings, rappinis, recision, refinish, remising, rerising, residing, resiling, resinify, resining, resinoid, resiting, resizing, revising, revision, rhinitis, ribbings, riesling, riflings, riggings, riminess, ringgits, ringside, rinsible, rinsings, ripienos, rosining, sailings, sainfoin, sainting, salicine, salicins, salinity, salinize, sanities, sanitise, sanitize, sciaenid, scincoid, scission, sciurine, scribing, scriving, sedition, seignior, seisings, seizings, senility, sericins, shieling, shifting, shilingi, shilling, shimming, shindies, shindigs, shiniest, shinnied, shinnies, shinning, shipping, shirking, shirring, shirting, shitting, shrining, shriving, sialidan, sibilant, siblings, sickling, sideline, sideling, sidespin, sienites, siftings, siganids, sighting, signiori, signiors, signiory, silicone, silicons, simazine, simoniac, simonies, simonist, simonize, sinapism, sinciput, sinewing, sinfonia, sinfonie, singeing, singling, sinicize, sinister, sinopias, sinusoid, siphonic, sirenian, sirloins, sittings, siziness, sizzling, skeining, skidding, skilling, skimming, skimping, skinking, skinlike, skinnier, skinning, skioring, skipping, skirling, skirring, skirting, slicking, slimming, slinging, slinkier, slinkily, slinking, slipping, slitting, sluicing, smidgins, smirking, snailing, snibbing, snicking, sniffier, sniffily, sniffing, sniffish, snippier, snippily, snipping, sopiting, soricine, speiling, speiring, sphingid, spieling, spiering, spiffing, spilikin, spilings, spilling, spiniest, spinifex, spinnies, spinning, spirting, spitting, splicing, splining, spoiling, squiring, staining, stibines, stibnite, sticking, stickpin, stiction, stiffing, stifling, stilling, stilting, stimying, stingier, stingily, stinging, stinkier, stinking, stinting, stirring, stotinki, striding, striking, striping, striving, subtilin, succinic, suitings, swainish, swigging, swilling, swimming, swingier, swinging, swinking, swirling, swishing, syenitic, tailings, tailspin, teniasis, thiamins, thiazins, thinnish, thionins, tickings, tidiness, tinfoils, tininess, tinniest, tinnitus, tinsmith, tintings, tissuing, titanias, titanism, tithings, tolidins, triazins, tuitions, twiniest, twinship, twisting, unifiers, unionise, unionism, unionist, unitizes, untidies, uprising, uridines, vanities, veilings, veiniest, veinings, vibrions, vidicons, viewings, villains, villeins, vineries, vinifies, vinosity, visional, visioned, visitant, visiting, visoring, vitamins, vitrains, vitrines, vixenish, waisting, waitings, whiniest, whinnies, whishing, whisking, whisting, whitings, wickings, wiggings, wildings, wiliness, windiest, windigos, windings, wineries, wineskin, wingiest, wingtips, winnings, wiriness, witlings, wittings, writings, xylidins, zillions, zincites, zingiest.
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