see|Nuance
was wotd|2007|February|1
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English

Pronunciation
(Received Pronunciation|UK) IPA|/�nju�.��ns/
(General American|US) IPA|/�nu�.��ns/
audio|en-us-nuance.ogg|Audio (US)

Etymology
From #French|nuance.

Noun
en-noun

1. A minor distinction.
2. subtle|Subtlety or fine detail.

#: Understanding the basics is easy; appreciating the nuances takes years.
#* 1901: Alpheus Spring Packard, Lamarck, the Founder of Evolution
#*:...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...

Translations
minor distinction
Swedish: nyans c

trans-top|subtlety or fine detail
Croatian: nuance f, osjetljivost f
Dutch: nuance f, subtiliteit f
French: nuance f, subtilité f
German: Nuance f
Polish: niuans m, subtelno�� f
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Russian: н�ан� (njuáns) m, �онко��� (tónkost�) f
Spanish: matiz f
Swedish: nyans c
trans-bot

French
Etymology
From verb nuer and suffix -ance

Noun
fr-noun|f
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