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Definition: Nuance |
NuanceNoun1. A subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "nuance" was first used: 1781. (references) |
Etymology: Nuance \Nu`ance"\, noun. [French expression]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Industry | A common term loosely employed to describe broadly a particular colour or depth, e. g. , pale shade, 2% shade, mode shade, and fashion shade. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: NuanceSynonyms: nicety (n), refinement (n), shade (n), subtlety (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Difference | Nice distinction, fine distinction, delicate distinction, subtle distinction; shade of difference, nuance; discrimination; differentia. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Nuance |
| Non-English Usage: "Nuance" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Dutch (hue, nuance, shade, tint), French (hint, hue, nuance, shade, tincture, tinge, tint, touch, undertone), German (hue, nuance, shade, tinge, tint). |
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| "Nuance" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Nuance" is used about 94 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 |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 94 | 33,845 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name |
| USA | Nuance Communications, Inc. |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expression using "nuance": give a slight nuance to. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "nuance": nuance-rich. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
nuance | 80 |
nuance speaker | 45 |
group nuance | 10 |
nuance communication | 6 |
clairol nuance | 4 |
audio nuance | 3 |
global nuance trader | 2 |
imagery nuance subtlety | 2 |
montreal nuance | 2 |
loudspeaker nuance | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "nuance"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Afrikaan | skakering (hue, shade, tint). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | nuancë (cast, color, colour, shade, spice, tincture, tinge, tint, undertone), ngjyrim (coloration, colouration, connotation, dyeing, hue, overtone, shade, tincture, tinge, tint). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | فارق دقيق لا يكاد يدرك, فارق بسيط (small difference). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | отсянка (quality, shade, tincture, tinge, touch), нюанс (shade, tincture, tinge, tint, tone). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 细微差异. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | odstín (hue, shade, tincture, tinge), jemný rozdíl. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | schakering (hue, shade, tint, tone), nuancering (hue, shade, tint), nuance (hue, shade, tint). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | nuanco (hue, shade, tint). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | فرق جزءی , نکات دقیق وظریف , اختلاف مختصر. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | vivahdus (shade, tinge, touch). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | nuance. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Abstufung (differentiation, gradation, grade, grading, graduation, hue, layering, shade, shading, terracing, tint), Schattierung (hue, impression, shade, shaded, shading, shady, tint, tone), Nuance (hue, shade, tinge, tint). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | απόχρωση (hue, SHADE, shading, tinge, tint, tinting). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | "ב"ל "ק, 'ון (color, colour, complexion, hue, shade, timbre, tinge, tint, tone), 'ו ית (connotation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | árnyalat (cast, dye, gradiation, shade, tinge, tone), nüansz, nüánsz. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | nuansa. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | sfumatura (shade, shaded, shading, shady, tapering, tinge, tint, touch). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | ニューヨーク州 (neural, neural net, neural network, neuro-, neuro-computer, neuro-computing, neuron, new layers look, new leader, new left, new look, new realism, New Right, new roller, New York State, nimbus gray), 意味合い (implication). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ニュアンス , いみあい (implication). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 뉘앙스. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | anchaslys beg. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | uancenay nuança (hue, nub, shade, tint), matiz (cast, hue, Iris, shade, tinge, tint, turn up), cânula de seringa. (various references) nuanţã (cast, color, colour, hue, key, savor, savour, shade, shadow, tincture, tinge, tint, tone, touch). (various references) оттенок (color, colour, contrast, savor, savour, shade, shade of, tincture, tinge, tint, tone, touch, undertone), нюанс. (various references) nijansa (contrast, hue, shade, tint, tone), utančanost (nicety), preliv (dressing, topping). (various references) matiz (hue, overtone, shade, tail, tinge, tint, tone). (various references) nyans (hue, shade, tint, tone). (various references) ความแตกต่างเล็กน้อยมาก. (various references) nüans (cast, chord, color, colour, shade, shading), ince fark (shade), ayırtı. (various references) відтінок (hue, savor, savour, tinct, tincture, undertone), нюанс (shade). (various references) sắc thái (colour, colouring, shading). (various references) gwawr (bloom, dawn, daybreak, hue). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | nubes. (various references) |
| French | 1500-Modern | nuance. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "nuance": nuanced, nuances. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "nuance": continuance, discontinuance. (additional references) | |
Words containing "nuance": continuances, discontinuances. (additional references) | |
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"Nuance" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Huanuco, nance, Naranco, neace, neance, nenace, Nonaka, nounce, nsurance, nuace, nuan, nuanced, nuancel, Nuane, nuans, nuiance, nuice, nuine, nunc, nunce, nusance, nyance, Uanc, unane. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "nuance" (pronounced nuw"Äns) |
| 3 | -Ä n s | seance. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-n-n-u" | |
-1 letter: nance. | |
-2 letters: acne, cane. | |
-3 letters: ace, ane, can, cue, eau, ecu, nae, nan, nun. | |
-4 letters: ae, an, en, na, ne, nu, un. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-n-n-u" | |
+1 letter: nuanced, nuances, unclean. | |
+2 letters: announce, cannulae, nuisance, uncinate. | |
+3 letters: abundance, announced, announcer, announces, candlenut, endurance, enunciate, incunable, insurance, luminance, nuisances, runcinate, unbalance, uncannier, unceasing, uncertain, unchained, unchanged, uncleaned, uncleaner, uncleanly. | |
+4 letters: abundances, announcers, annunciate, candlenuts, consensual, continuate, conventual, counterman, endurances, enunciable, enunciated, enunciates, enunciator, granduncle, incunables, inductance, innumeracy, insurances, luminances, nonnuclear, nucleating, nucleation, nunciature, nurturance, purtenance, quinacrine, redundancy, renunciate, repugnance, repugnancy, subtenancy, sustenance, unaccented, unanchored, unbalanced, unbalances, unbranched, uncalcined, uncanceled, uncanniest, uncleanest, uncreating, undecadent, unpedantic, unteaching. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4E 75 61 6E 63 65 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-. ..- .- -. -.-. . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001110 01110101 01100001 01101110 01100011 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)N u a n c e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004E 0075 0061 006E 0063 0065 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)488767806971 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Names: Company Usage 7. Expressions 8. Expressions: Internet | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Translations: Ancient 11. Derivations 12. Rhymes | 13. Anagrams 14. Orthography 15. Bibliography |
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