different between littlie vs nuance

English

Etymology

From little +? -ie.

Noun

littlie (plural littlies)

1. (colloquial) A small person or child.
   • 1961, Nene Gare, The Fringe Dwellers, Text Classics 2012, p. 55:

     ‘Terrible hard job it was ta leave im, that time I took the two littlies up.’

   • 2018, Tim Winton, The Shepherd's Hut, Picador UK Paperback edition 2018, p. 114:

     Auntie Marg was down from Magnet and me and Lee played cricket out the back with the littlies to get some air and keep them busy.

Anagrams

• tillite

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French nuance (“nuance, shade, hue”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?nju?.??ns/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?nu?.??ns/

Noun

nuance (countable and uncountable, plural nuances)

1. A minor distinction.

2. Subtlety or fine detail.

   Understanding the basics is easy, but 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...

Derived terms

• nuanced

Translations

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.

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?nuant?s?], [?n?jant?s?]
• Hyphenation: nuan?ce

Noun

nuance f

1. nuance

Declension

Further reading

• nuance in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• nuance in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French nuance, from Middle French nuance, from Latin [Term?].

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ny???s?/, /ny??ns?/
• Hyphenation: nu?an?ce

Noun

nuance f (plural nuances or nuancen, diminutive nuanceje n or nuancetje n)

1. nuance, subtle distinction

Related terms

• nuanceren

Descendants

• Afrikaans: nuanse

French

Etymology

nuer +? -ance

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /n???s/
• Homophone: nuances
• Rhymes: -??s

Noun

nuance f (plural nuances)

1. nuance
2. gradation of colors
3. (music) dynamics

Further reading

• “nuance” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Portuguese

Noun

nuance f (plural nuances)

1. Alternative form of nuança