"nuance" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈnjuː.ɑːns/ [Received-Pronunciation], /njuː.ɒ̃(n)s/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈnju.ɑns/ [Canada, General-American], /ˈnuː.ɑns/ [Canada, General-American], /ˈnjʉː.ɐːns/ [Australia, New-Zealand] Audio: en-us-nuance.ogg [California], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Simplificationalizer-nuance.wav [New-Jersey], en-au-nuance.ogg (note: Queensland) Forms: nuances [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from French nuance (“nuance, shade, hue”). Omitting several steps, from Latin nūbēs. Compare typologically Italian sfumatura (< Latin fūmus). Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|fr|nuance&lt;t:nuance, shade, hue&gt;}} Borrowed from French nuance (“nuance, shade, hue”), {{der|en|la|nūbēs}} Latin nūbēs, {{m+|it|sfumatura}} Italian sfumatura, {{m+|la|fūmus}} Latin fūmus Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} nuance (countable and uncountable, plural nuances)
  1. (countable) A minor distinction. Tags: countable Translations (minor distinction): նրբերանգ (nrberang) (Armenian), նյուանս (nyuans) (Armenian), çalar (Azerbaijani), incəlik (Azerbaijani), нюа́нс (njuáns) [masculine] (Belarusian), адце́нне (adcjénnje) [neuter] (Belarusian), нюа́нс (njuáns) [masculine] (Bulgarian), отте́нък (otténăk) [masculine] (Bulgarian), matís [masculine] (Catalan), 細微區別 /细微区别 (xìwēi qūbié) (Chinese Mandarin), 小差異 /小差异 (xiǎo chāyì) (Chinese Mandarin), 微小差別 /微小差别 (wēixiǎo chābié) (Chinese Mandarin), jemný rozdíl [masculine] (Czech), nuance [feminine] (Czech), nuance [common-gender] (Danish), nuance [feminine] (Dutch), nuanco (Esperanto), vivahde (Finnish), nuance [feminine] (French), détail [masculine] (French), ნიუანსი (niuansi) (Georgian), 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), ниянса (nijansa) [feminine] (Pannonian Rusyn), niuans [inanimate, 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), nüans (Turkish), нюа́нс (njuáns) [masculine] (Ukrainian), відті́нок (vidtínok) [masculine] (Ukrainian), sắc thái (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-nuance-en-noun-en:minor_distinction Categories (other): Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 13 39 47 Disambiguation of 'minor distinction': 100 0
  2. Subtlety or fine detail. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (subtlety or fine detail): նրբերանգ (nrberang) (Armenian), նյուանս (nyuans) (Armenian), նրբություն (nrbutʻyun) (Armenian), çalar (Azerbaijani), incəlik (Azerbaijani), matís [masculine] (Catalan), 細膩 /细腻 (xìnì) (Chinese Mandarin), 微妙 (wēimiào) (Chinese Mandarin), nuance [common-gender] (Danish), nuance [feminine] (Dutch), subtiliteit [feminine] (Dutch), nuanco (Esperanto), nyanssi (Finnish), vivahde (Finnish), nuance [feminine] (French), subtilité [feminine] (French), ნიუანსი (niuansi) (Georgian), 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), ниянса (nijansa) [feminine] (Pannonian Rusyn), ظرافت (zerâfat) (Persian), ریزهکاری (rize-kâri) (Persian), niuans [inanimate, masculine] (Polish), subtelność [feminine] (Polish), nuance [feminine] (Portuguese), nuança [feminine] (Portuguese), subtil (Portuguese), нюа́нс (njuáns) [masculine] (Russian), то́нкость (tónkostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), nuance [Latin, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), osjetljivost [Latin, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), matiz [masculine] (Spanish), cariz [masculine] (Spanish), pormenor [masculine] (Spanish), nyans [common-gender] (Swedish), nükte (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-nuance-en-noun-en:subtlety_or_fine_detail Categories (other): Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 43 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 13 39 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 43 57 Disambiguation of 'subtlety or fine detail': 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: nuanced, nuanceless, nuancely

Verb

IPA: /ˈnjuː.ɑːns/ [Received-Pronunciation], /njuː.ɒ̃(n)s/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈnju.ɑns/ [Canada, General-American], /ˈnuː.ɑns/ [Canada, General-American], /ˈnjʉː.ɐːns/ [Australia, New-Zealand] Audio: en-us-nuance.ogg [California], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Simplificationalizer-nuance.wav [New-Jersey], en-au-nuance.ogg (note: Queensland) Forms: nuances [present, singular, third-person], nuancing [participle, present], nuanced [participle, past], nuanced [past]
Etymology: Borrowed from French nuance (“nuance, shade, hue”). Omitting several steps, from Latin nūbēs. Compare typologically Italian sfumatura (< Latin fūmus). Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|fr|nuance&lt;t:nuance, shade, hue&gt;}} Borrowed from French nuance (“nuance, shade, hue”), {{der|en|la|nūbēs}} Latin nūbēs, {{m+|it|sfumatura}} Italian sfumatura, {{m+|la|fūmus}} Latin fūmus 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 (to apply a nuance to): нюансава́ць (njuansavácʹ) [imperfective, perfective] (Belarusian), 添加細微差別 /添加细微差别 (tiānjiā xìwēi chābié) (Chinese Mandarin), 微妙地改變 /微妙地改变 (wēimiào de gǎibiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), 細緻調整 /细致调整 (xìzhì tiáozhěng) (Chinese Mandarin), nuanceren (Dutch), nyansoida (Finnish), détailler (French), nuancieren (German), dettagliare (Italian), niuansować [imperfective] (Polish), zniuansować [perfective] (Polish), нюанси́ровать (njuansírovatʹ) [imperfective, perfective] (Russian), matizar (Spanish), нюансува́ти (njuansuváty) [imperfective, perfective] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-nuance-en-verb-en:to_apply_a_nuance_to Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Azerbaijani translations, Terms with Belarusian translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Occitan translations, Terms with Pannonian Rusyn translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 23 53 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 17 31 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 25 26 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 20 26 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Azerbaijani translations: 20 26 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Belarusian translations: 20 26 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 33 22 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 20 26 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 20 26 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 14 18 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 16 30 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 16 26 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 20 26 55 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 25 25 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 18 23 59 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 20 26 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 12 23 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 14 19 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 20 26 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 16 26 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 16 26 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 20 26 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 18 23 59 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 21 27 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 12 15 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Occitan translations: 20 26 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Pannonian Rusyn translations: 5 7 87 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 13 39 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 18 23 59 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 18 23 59 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 16 26 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 11 27 61 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 15 25 60 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 15 25 60 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 20 26 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 20 26 55

Inflected forms

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          "_dis1": "100 0",
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          "sense": "minor distinction",
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          "roman": "nyuans",
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          "word": "նյուանս"
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          "code": "az",
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          "sense": "minor distinction",
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        },
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          "code": "be",
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          "roman": "adcjénnje",
          "sense": "minor distinction",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "адце́нне"
        },
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "bg",
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          "roman": "njuáns",
          "sense": "minor distinction",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "нюа́нс"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "lang_code": "bg",
          "roman": "otténăk",
          "sense": "minor distinction",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "отте́нък"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "lang_code": "ca",
          "sense": "minor distinction",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "matís"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "lang_code": "cmn",
          "roman": "xìwēi qūbié",
          "sense": "minor distinction",
          "word": "細微區別 /细微区别"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "lang_code": "cmn",
          "roman": "xiǎo chāyì",
          "sense": "minor distinction",
          "word": "小差異 /小差异"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "lang_code": "cmn",
          "roman": "wēixiǎo chābié",
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "lang_code": "cs",
          "sense": "minor distinction",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "jemný rozdíl"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "lang_code": "cs",
          "sense": "minor distinction",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "nuance"
        },
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          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "lang_code": "da",
          "sense": "minor distinction",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "nuance"
        },
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
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          "sense": "minor distinction",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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          "lang": "Esperanto",
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          "word": "nuanco"
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
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          "sense": "minor distinction",
          "word": "vivahde"
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "lang_code": "fr",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "lang_code": "fr",
          "sense": "minor distinction",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "détail"
        },
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "lang_code": "ka",
          "roman": "niuansi",
          "sense": "minor distinction",
          "word": "ნიუანსი"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "lang_code": "de",
          "sense": "minor distinction",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Nuance"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "lang_code": "el",
          "roman": "ypainigmós",
          "sense": "minor distinction",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "υπαινιγμός"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "lang_code": "el",
          "roman": "yponooúmeno",
          "sense": "minor distinction",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "υπονοούμενο"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "lang_code": "hu",
          "sense": "minor distinction",
          "word": "árnyalat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "lang_code": "hu",
          "sense": "minor distinction",
          "word": "nüánsz"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "lang_code": "id",
          "sense": "minor distinction",
          "word": "nuansa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "lang_code": "it",
          "sense": "minor distinction",
          "word": "sfumatura"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "lang_code": "it",
          "sense": "minor distinction",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "dettaglio m sottigliezza"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "lang_code": "ja",
          "roman": "nyuansu",
          "sense": "minor distinction",
          "word": "ニュアンス"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "alt": "いみあい",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "lang_code": "ja",
          "roman": "imiai",
          "sense": "minor distinction",
          "word": "意味合い"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "lang_code": "ko",
          "roman": "nwiangseu",
          "sense": "minor distinction",
          "word": "뉘앙스"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "lang_code": "nb",
          "sense": "minor distinction",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "nyanse"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "lang_code": "nn",
          "sense": "minor distinction",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "nyanse"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "lang_code": "oc",
          "sense": "minor distinction",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "nuança"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "lang_code": "oc",
          "sense": "minor distinction",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "matís"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "rsk",
          "lang": "Pannonian Rusyn",
          "lang_code": "rsk",
          "roman": "nijansa",
          "sense": "minor distinction",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ниянса"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "lang_code": "pl",
          "sense": "minor distinction",
          "tags": [
            "inanimate",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "niuans"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "lang_code": "pt",
          "sense": "minor distinction",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "nuance"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "lang_code": "pt",
          "sense": "minor distinction",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "nuança"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "lang_code": "pt",
          "sense": "minor distinction",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "sutileza"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "lang_code": "pt",
          "sense": "minor distinction",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "matiz"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "lang_code": "ro",
          "sense": "minor distinction",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "nuanță"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
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      "code": "vi",
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      "word": "sắc thái"
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      "code": "hy",
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      "word": "նրբերանգ"
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      "code": "az",
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      "word": "incəlik"
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      "code": "ca",
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "code": "da",
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      "word": "ნიუანსი"
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      "code": "it",
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      "code": "fa",
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      "code": "fa",
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      "code": "pt",
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      "code": "pt",
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      "code": "pt",
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "njuansírovatʹ",
      "sense": "to apply a nuance to",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "нюанси́ровать"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "to apply a nuance to",
      "word": "matizar"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "lang_code": "uk",
      "roman": "njuansuváty",
      "sense": "to apply a nuance to",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "нюансува́ти"
    }
  ],
  "word": "nuance"
}

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