"nuance" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈnjuː.ɑːns/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈnjuː.ɑːns/ [General-American], /ˈnuː.ɑːns/ [General-American], /ˈnjʉː.aːns/ [General-Australian] Audio: en-us-nuance.ogg , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Simplificationalizer-nuance.wav , en-au-nuance.ogg Forms: nuances [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from French nuance (“nuance, shade, hue”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|nuance||nuance, shade, hue}} French nuance (“nuance, shade, hue”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} nuance (countable and uncountable, plural nuances)
  1. A minor distinction. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (minor distinction): νύξις (nýxis) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), նրբերանգ (nrberang) (Armenian), նյուանս (nyuans) (Armenian), çalar (Azerbaijani), incəlik (Azerbaijani), нюа́нс (njuáns) [masculine] (Belarusian), адце́нне (adcjénnje) [neuter] (Belarusian), нюа́нс (njuáns) [masculine] (Bulgarian), отте́нък (otténǎk) [masculine] (Bulgarian), matís [masculine] (Catalan), jemný rozdíl [masculine] (Czech), nuance [feminine] (Czech), nuance [common-gender] (Danish), nuance [common-gender] (Dutch), nuanco (Esperanto), vivahde (Finnish), nuance [feminine] (French), détail [masculine] (French), Nuance [feminine] (German), υπαινιγμός (ypainigmós) [masculine] (Greek), υπονοούμενο (yponooúmeno) [neuter] (Greek), árnyalat (Hungarian), nüánsz (Hungarian), nuansa (Indonesian), sfumatura (Italian), dettaglio m sottigliezza [feminine] (Italian), ニュアンス (nyuansu) (Japanese), 意味合い (imiai) (alt: いみあい) (Japanese), 뉘앙스 (nwiangseu) (Korean), nyanse [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), nyanse [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), nuança [feminine] (Occitan), matís [masculine] (Occitan), niuans [masculine] (Polish), nuance [feminine] (Portuguese), nuança [feminine] (Portuguese), sutileza [feminine] (Portuguese), matiz [masculine] (Portuguese), nuanță [feminine] (Romanian), nuanțe [feminine, plural] (Romanian), нюа́нс (njuáns) [masculine] (Russian), отте́нок (otténok) (note: of a color, tone or taste) [masculine] (Russian), matiz [masculine] (Spanish), prestancia [feminine] (Spanish), nyans [common-gender] (Swedish), нюа́нс (njuáns) [masculine] (Ukrainian), відті́нок (vidtínok) [masculine] (Ukrainian), sắc thái (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-nuance-en-noun-eKeLghtz Categories (other): Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 11 40 48 Disambiguation of 'minor distinction': 100 0
  2. Subtlety or fine detail. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (subtlety or fine detail): νύξις (nýxis) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), նրբերանգ (nrberang) (Armenian), նյուանս (nyuans) (Armenian), նրբություն (nrbutʻyun) (Armenian), çalar (Azerbaijani), incəlik (Azerbaijani), matís [masculine] (Catalan), nuance [common-gender] (Dutch), subtiliteit [feminine] (Dutch), nuanco (Esperanto), nyanssi (Finnish), vivahde (Finnish), nuance [feminine] (French), subtilité [feminine] (French), Nuance [feminine] (German), υπαινιγμός (ypainigmós) [masculine] (Greek), υπονοούμενο (yponooúmeno) [neuter] (Greek), nuansa (Indonesian), sottigliezza (Italian), ニュアンス (nyuansu) (Japanese), 詳細 (shōsai) (alt: しょうさい) (Japanese), ظرافت (zerâfat) (Persian), ریزهکاری (rize-kâri) (Persian), niuans [masculine] (Polish), subtelność [feminine] (Polish), nuance [feminine] (Portuguese), nuança [feminine] (Portuguese), subtil (Portuguese), нюа́нс (njuáns) [masculine] (Russian), то́нкость (tónkostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), nuance [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), osjetljivost [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), matiz [masculine] (Spanish), cariz [masculine] (Spanish), pormenor (Spanish), detalle [masculine] (Spanish), sutileza [feminine] (Spanish), sutilidad [feminine] (Spanish), nyans [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-nuance-en-noun-PjJF0BuQ Categories (other): Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 11 40 48 Disambiguation of 'subtlety or fine detail': 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: nuanced

Verb

IPA: /ˈnjuː.ɑːns/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈnjuː.ɑːns/ [General-American], /ˈnuː.ɑːns/ [General-American], /ˈnjʉː.aːns/ [General-Australian] Audio: en-us-nuance.ogg , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Simplificationalizer-nuance.wav , en-au-nuance.ogg Forms: nuances [present, singular, third-person], nuancing [participle, present], nuanced [participle, past], nuanced [past]
Etymology: Borrowed from French nuance (“nuance, shade, hue”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|nuance||nuance, shade, hue}} French nuance (“nuance, shade, hue”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} nuance (third-person singular simple present nuances, present participle nuancing, simple past and past participle nuanced)
  1. (transitive) To apply a nuance to; to change or redefine in a subtle way. Tags: transitive Translations (Translations): нюансава́ць (njuansavácʹ) [imperfective, perfective] (Belarusian), nyansoida (Finnish), détailler (French), nuancieren (German), dettagliare (Italian), niuansować [imperfective] (Polish), zniuansować [perfective] (Polish), нюанси́ровать (njuansírovatʹ) [imperfective, perfective] (Russian), matizar (Spanish), detallar (Spanish), нюансува́ти (njuansuváty) [imperfective, perfective] (Ukrainian)
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Inflected forms

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          "roman": "vidtínok",
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          "word": "відті́нок"
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          "text": "1901: Alpheus Spring Packard, Lamarck, the Founder of Evolution\n...the richer our collections become, the more numerous are the proofs that all is more or less shaded (nuance), that the remarkable differences become obliterated..."
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      "ipa": "/ˈnjuː.ɑːns/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈnuː.ɑːns/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈnjʉː.aːns/",
      "tags": [
        "General-Australian"
      ]
    },
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "njuansavácʹ",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "нюансава́ць"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "nyansoida"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "détailler"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "nuancieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "dettagliare"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "niuansować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "zniuansować"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "njuansírovatʹ",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "нюанси́ровать"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "matizar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "detallar"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "njuansuváty",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "нюансува́ти"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "nuance"
  ],
  "word": "nuance"
}

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