different between nic vs nuc

English

Etymology

Clipping.

Pronunciation

Noun

nic (uncountable)

1. (slang) nicotine

Anagrams

• -cin, CIN, ICN, INC, Inc, Inc., NCI, inc, inc.

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [???t?s]
• Rhymes: -?ts

Pronoun

nic

1. nothing, not any thing

   Antonym: n?co

Declension

Derived terms

• ni?it

Related terms

Further reading

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

Old English

Alternative forms

• nih, ni??

Etymology

ne- +? i?

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nit??/

Pronoun

ni?

1. not I, not me

Polish

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ni??to, from Proto-Indo-European *ney + *k?is + *to. The "cz-less" form nic is from Proto-Slavic *ni??so (originally Proto-Slavic *ni?eso), an (archaic and synchronically irregular) variant of genitive.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?it?s/

Pronoun

nic

1. nothing, not any thing.

Declension

Related terms

Further reading

• nic in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• nic in Polish dictionaries at PWN

English

Etymology

Shortening.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nju?k/
• Hyphenation: nuc
• Rhymes: -u?k
• Homophones: neuk, nuke

Noun

nuc (plural nucs)

1. (beekeeping) A nucleus colony; a small bee colony created from a larger colony.
   • 1998, Sue Hubbell, A Book of Bees: And How to Keep Them (page 110)

     I have to take brood from established hives to set up nucs, as I did the previous week […]

Alternative forms

• nuke

Anagrams

• UNC, cun, unc

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• nucu

Etymology

From Latin nux, nucis.

Noun

nuc m (plural nuts)

1. walnut tree

Related terms

• nucã

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin nux, nucis, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *knew-. In Romanian, the names of nuts or fruits are usually feminine while the names of the corresponding trees or bushes are masculine; compare p?r, prun, alun, m?r, etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nuk/

Noun

nuc m (plural nuci)

1. walnut (tree)

Declension

Derived terms

• nuc?
• nucar
• nuc?oar?

Related terms

• nucet

References

• nuc in DEX online - Dic?ionare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Tapachultec

Noun

nuc

1. water

Usage notes

• This is the form given in Johnston's vocabulary; Lehmann says the form in the Sapper-Ricke wordlists is nog.

References

• Walter Lehmann, Über die Stellung und Verwandtschaft der Subtiaba-Sprache der pazifischen Küste Nicaraguas und über die Sprache von Tapachula in Südchiapas (1915), Zeitschrift für Ethnologie 47, presenting the wordlists of Karl Sapper, Ricke, and Amado Johnston.