Nuance

//ˈnjuː.ɑːns//

Synonyms for "nuance" (108 found)

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Noun(2 words)
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Related words (54)

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4 relation types

More general

4 entries

derived

2 entries

is a

1 entries

related to

6 entries

Translations

103 translations across 33 languages.

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Armenian

4 entries
  • նյուանս noun (minor distinction)
  • նյուանս noun (subtlety or fine detail)
  • նրբերանգ noun (minor distinction)
  • նրբերանգ noun (subtlety or fine detail)

Azerbaijani

4 entries
  • incəlik noun (minor distinction)
  • incəlik noun (subtlety or fine detail)
  • çalar noun (minor distinction)
  • çalar noun (subtlety or fine detail)

Belarusian

3 entries
  • адце́нне noun (minor distinction)
  • нюа́нс noun (minor distinction)
  • нюансава́ць verb (to apply a nuance to)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • нюа́нс noun (minor distinction)
  • отте́нък noun (minor distinction)

Catalan

2 entries
  • matís noun (minor distinction)
  • matís noun (subtlety or fine detail)

Czech

2 entries
  • jemný rozdíl noun (minor distinction)
  • nuance noun (minor distinction)

Danish

2 entries
  • nuance noun (minor distinction)
  • nuance noun (subtlety or fine detail)

Dutch

4 entries
  • nuance noun (minor distinction)
  • nuance noun (subtlety or fine detail)
  • subtiliteit noun (subtlety or fine detail)
  • nuanceren verb (to apply a nuance to)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • nuanco noun (minor distinction)
  • nuanco noun (subtlety or fine detail)

Finnish

4 entries
  • nyanssi noun (subtlety or fine detail)
  • vivahde noun (minor distinction)
  • vivahde noun (subtlety or fine detail)
  • nyansoida verb (to apply a nuance to)

French

4 entries
  • détail noun (minor distinction)
  • nuance noun (minor distinction)
  • nuance noun (subtlety or fine detail)
  • subtilité noun (subtlety or fine detail)

Georgian

2 entries
  • ნიუანსი noun (minor distinction)
  • ნიუანსი noun (subtlety or fine detail)

German

3 entries
  • Nuance noun (minor distinction)
  • Nuance noun (subtlety or fine detail)
  • nuancieren verb (to apply a nuance to)

Greek

4 entries
  • υπαινιγμός noun (minor distinction)
  • υπαινιγμός noun (subtlety or fine detail)
  • υπονοούμενο noun (minor distinction)
  • υπονοούμενο noun (subtlety or fine detail)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • nüánsz noun (minor distinction)
  • árnyalat noun (minor distinction)

Indonesian

2 entries
  • nuansa noun (minor distinction)
  • nuansa noun (subtlety or fine detail)

Italian

4 entries
  • dettaglio m sottigliezza noun (minor distinction)
  • sfumatura noun (minor distinction)
  • sottigliezza noun (subtlety or fine detail)
  • dettagliare verb (to apply a nuance to)

Japanese

4 entries
  • ニュアンス noun (minor distinction)
  • ニュアンス noun (subtlety or fine detail)
  • 意味合い noun (minor distinction)
  • 詳細 noun (subtlety or fine detail)

Korean

1 entries
  • 뉘앙스 noun (minor distinction)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • nyanse noun (minor distinction)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • nyanse noun (minor distinction)

Occitan

2 entries
  • matís noun (minor distinction)
  • nuança noun (minor distinction)

Pannonian Rusyn

2 entries
  • ниянса noun (minor distinction)
  • ниянса noun (subtlety or fine detail)

Persian

2 entries
  • ریزهکاری noun (subtlety or fine detail)
  • ظرافت noun (subtlety or fine detail)

Polish

4 entries
  • niuans noun (minor distinction)
  • niuans noun (subtlety or fine detail)
  • subtelność noun (subtlety or fine detail)
  • niuansować verb (to apply a nuance to)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • matiz noun (minor distinction)
  • nuance noun (minor distinction)
  • nuance noun (subtlety or fine detail)
  • nuança noun (minor distinction)

Romanian

2 entries
  • nuanțe noun (minor distinction)
  • nuanță noun (minor distinction)

Russian

4 entries
  • нюа́нс noun (minor distinction)
  • нюа́нс noun (subtlety or fine detail)
  • отте́нок noun (minor distinction)
  • то́нкость noun (subtlety or fine detail)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • nuance noun (subtlety or fine detail)
  • osjetljivost noun (subtlety or fine detail)

Spanish

4 entries
  • cariz noun (subtlety or fine detail)
  • detalle noun (subtlety or fine detail)
  • flexibilidad noun (subtlety or fine detail)
  • matiz noun (minor distinction)

Swedish

2 entries
  • nyans noun (minor distinction)
  • nyans noun (subtlety or fine detail)

Ukrainian

3 entries
  • відті́нок noun (minor distinction)
  • нюа́нс noun (minor distinction)
  • нюансува́ти verb (to apply a nuance to)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • sắc thái noun (minor distinction)

Sample sentences

12 total sentences available.

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This word has a subtle nuance to it.

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Every nuance is lost in translation.

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I'm big on semantics; I always want to try to understand as much nuance as possible!

Source: tatoeba (4597850)

In Japanese, even if it's the same word, if the notation is different, slight differences in meaning and nuance can be expressed.

Source: tatoeba (10450337)

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