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Noun [English]

IPA: /nɛs/ Audio: en-us-ness.ogg [US], en-au-ness.ogg [Australia] Forms: nesses [plural]
enPR: nĕs Rhymes: -ɛs Etymology: From Middle English nesse (in placenames), from Old English ness, næss, from Proto-Germanic *nasją (“promontory; ness”); cognate with Middle Low German nes, Icelandic nes, Swedish näs, Danish næs, Old Norse nes. Related to nose. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|nesse}} Middle English nesse, {{inh|en|ang|ness}} Old English ness, {{m|ang|næss}} næss, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*nasją|t=promontory; ness}} Proto-Germanic *nasją (“promontory; ness”), {{cog|gml|nes}} Middle Low German nes, {{cog|is|nes}} Icelandic nes, {{cog|sv|näs}} Swedish näs, {{cog|da|næs}} Danish næs, {{cog|non|nes}} Old Norse nes, {{m|en|nose}} nose Head templates: {{en-noun}} ness (plural nesses)
  1. (geography) A promontory; a cape or headland. (Frequently used as a suffix in placenames.) Wikipedia link: ness Categories (topical): Geography Categories (place): Landforms Derived forms: Girdle Ness, Little Ness Related terms: Nesting, Nes, Ness, naze Translations (a promontory; a cape or headland): հրվանդան (hrvandan) (Armenian), нос (nos) [masculine] (Bulgarian), næs [neuter] (Danish), nes [neuter] (Faroese), niemi (Finnish), nokka (Finnish), nes (Icelandic), nenä (Ingrian), нос (nos) [masculine] (Macedonian), 'рт ('rt) [masculine] (Macedonian), nes [neuter] (Norwegian), cypel [masculine] (Polish), przylądek [masculine] (Polish), мыс (mys) [masculine] (Russian)

Noun [Vilamovian]

Forms: nessa [plural]
Etymology: From Middle High German neʒʒe, from Old High German nazī (“wetness”). Cognate with German Nässe Etymology templates: {{inh|wym|gmh|nesse|alt=neʒʒe}} Middle High German neʒʒe, {{inh|wym|goh|nazī|t=wetness}} Old High German nazī (“wetness”), {{cog|de|Nässe}} German Nässe Head templates: {{head|wym|noun|plural|nessa|||f1accel-form=p|g=f|g2=|head=}} ness f (plural nessa), {{wym-noun|f|pl=nessa}} ness f (plural nessa)
  1. rainy weather Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-ness-wym-noun-xwiDFtlt Categories (other): Vilamovian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Vilamovian entries with incorrect language header: 92 8
  2. wetness Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-ness-wym-noun-A7S4dqGI
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: nessa

Inflected forms

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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "mys",
      "sense": "a promontory; a cape or headland",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "мыс"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ness"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Vilamovian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Vilamovian feminine nouns",
    "Vilamovian lemmas",
    "Vilamovian nouns",
    "Vilamovian terms derived from Middle High German",
    "Vilamovian terms derived from Old High German",
    "Vilamovian terms inherited from Middle High German",
    "Vilamovian terms inherited from Old High German"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "wym",
        "2": "gmh",
        "3": "nesse",
        "alt": "neʒʒe"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German neʒʒe",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "wym",
        "2": "goh",
        "3": "nazī",
        "t": "wetness"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German nazī (“wetness”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Nässe"
      },
      "expansion": "German Nässe",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle High German neʒʒe, from Old High German nazī (“wetness”). Cognate with German Nässe",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "nessa",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "wym",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "plural",
        "4": "nessa",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "f1accel-form": "p",
        "g": "f",
        "g2": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "ness f (plural nessa)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "pl": "nessa"
      },
      "expansion": "ness f (plural nessa)",
      "name": "wym-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Vilamovian",
  "lang_code": "wym",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "nessa"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "rainy weather"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "wetness"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "wetness",
          "wetness"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ness"
}

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