ness
/nɛs/
ness noun: a promontory; a cape or headland. (Frequently used as a suffix in placenames.).
Noun
ness (plural nesses)
- A promontory; a cape or headland. (Frequently used as a suffix in placenames.)
- Velvraz Sebarm stands upon the lake, among orange-trees and pomegranates and almonds and peaches of the south, a mile north-west over the water from Zayana town, and two miles by land: an old castle built of honey-coloured marble at the tip of a long sickle-shaped ness that sweeps round southwards...1958, Eric Rücker Eddison, Zimiamvian Trilogy, volume 3, The Mezentian Gate, page 177
Proper noun capitalized: Ness
Ness (countable and uncountable, plural Nesses)
- An Ulster princess and the mother of Conchobar mac Nessa and Findchoem in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Daughter of Eochaid Sálbuide. Also the mother of Cormac Cond Longas by incest with Conchobar mac Nessa.
- A suburban village in Neston parish, Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ3076).
- The northernmost area on the Isle of Lewis, Western Isles council area, Scotland.
- A short river in Highland council area, Scotland, which flows from Loch Ness through Inverness to the Beauly Firth; in full, River Ness.
- Ellipsis of Ness City.
- Ellipsis of Ness County.
- A surname.
ness meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Bengali
ness in Hindi
- नेस
ness in Tamil
- நெஸ், நெஸ்ஸ், நேஸ்
ness in Marathi
- नेस, नेस्
ness in Bengali
- নেস, নেস্
More languagesFewer languages
- ness in Telugu
- నెస్, నేస్, నెస్స్
- ness in Malayalam
- നെസ്സ്, നെസ്
- ness in Kannada
- ನೆಸ್, ನೆಸ್ಸೆ, ನೆಸ್ಸ್
- ness in Punjabi
- ਨੈੱਸ, ਨੇੱਸ
- ness in Gujarati
- નેસ
- ness in Odia
- ନେସ୍
- ness in Nepali
- नेस, नेस्
Forms of ness
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | nesses |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Nesses |
Origin of ness
From Middle English nesse (in placenames), from Old English næs, from Proto-Germanic *nasją (“promontory; ness”); cognate with Middle Low German nes, Icelandic nes, Swedish näs, Danish næs, Old Norse nes. Related to nose.
Named after the River Ness, of Proto-Brythonic/Pictish origin, from a Proto-Celtic word *Nesta describing great currents, according to MacBain, from the same Proto-Indo-European root that gave the river Νέστος (Néstos), possibly *ned- (“water”) (cf. German nass (“wet”)).
Words formed from ness
Phrases with ness
Words that rhyme with ness
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- SMS
- success
- compress
- largesse
- profess
- confess
- distress
- regress
- depress
- excess
- guess
- prepossess
- undress
- CBS
- ingress
- oppress
- redress
- transgress
- assess
- cess
- duress
- fess
- fluoresce
- Hesse
- less
- mayoress
- obsess
- tress
- unless
- yes
- accresce
- acquiesce
- aggress
- BESS
- caress
- clothes press
- congress
- defervesce
- digress
- ess
- foulness
- Hess
- intumesce
- jess
- lazy S
- liquesce
- repress
- second-guess
Questions about ness
- What does ness mean?
- Ness means a promontory; a cape or headland. (Frequently used as a suffix in placenames.).
- What is ness in Hindi?
- Ness in Hindi is नेस. See Ness meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is ness?
- Ness can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce ness?
- Ness is pronounced /nɛs/.
- What is the plural of ness?
- The plural of ness is nesses.
Words near ness in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: ness (page history and authors); Ness (page history and authors); ness (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ness (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ness (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ness (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ness (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ness (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ness (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ness (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ness (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ness (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ness (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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