nuance
English
/ˈnjuː.ɑːns/, /ˈnuː.ɑːns/
noun
Definitions
- A minor distinction.
- Subtlety or fine detail.
Etymology
Borrowed from French nuance (nuance, hue, shade).
Origin
French
nuance
Gloss
nuance, hue, shade
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- nuanced English
- nuancedly English
- nuanceless English
- unnuanced English
- Nuance German
- nuance Dutch, Flemish
- nuance French
- nuancier French
- nuer French
- нюанс Russian
- nyanse Norwegian Bokmål
- nuance Portuguese
- ニュアンス Japanese
- niuans Polish
- nyanse Norwegian Nynorsk
- nuanco Esperanto
- nuance Middle French
- нијанса Macedonian