niso

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See also: Niso, nîso, and nīso

Galician

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Etymology

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From contraction of preposition en (in) + demostrative iso (that).

Contraction

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niso n

  1. in that

Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈni.zo/
  • Rhymes: -izo
  • Hyphenation: nì‧so

Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Latin nīsus, alternative form of nīxus (strain, noun), derived from nītor (to press forward, to advance).

Noun

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niso m (plural nisi)

  1. (literary, obsolete) effort
    Synonyms: sforzo, slancio

Further reading

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  • niso1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Etymology 2

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Noun

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niso m (plural nisi)

  1. (poetic) name of an unidentified bird of prey
    Hypernym: rapace

Further reading

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  • niso2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

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Latin

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Participle

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nīsō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of nīsus

Slovene

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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níso

  1. negative third-person plural present of bíti