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Plural of nisus

irregular plural

The plural of nisus is nisus, the same as the singular.

Forms of nisus

Singularnisus /ˈnaɪ.səs/
Pluralnisus /ˈnaɪ.səs/
Countableusually uncountable

Meaning of nisus

  1. noun A mental or physical effort to attain a specific goal; a striving.
  2. noun The periodic procreative desire manifested in the spring by birds, etc.
  3. noun The contraction of the diaphragm and abdominal muscles to evacuate faeces or urine.

Full definition of nisus

Plural the same as the singular

Questions about the plural of nisus

What is the plural of nisus?
The plural of nisus is nisus, the same as the singular.
Is nisus countable?
Nisus is usually an uncountable noun; its plural is used for kinds or examples of it.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: nisus (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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