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Plural of nuance

regular plural

The plural of nuance is nuances.

Forms of nuance

Singularnuance /ˈnjuː.ɑːns/
Pluralnuances
Countablecountable and uncountable

Nuances in a sentence

  • Understanding the basics is easy, but appreciating the nuances takes years.
  • He was struck by her nuances, which did not seem so subtle after all.2015, Hrishikesh Joshi, chapter 14, in Checkmate, Mumbai, Maharashtra: Frog Books, →ISBN. From the entry quaintrelle
  • These nuances are very important to psychogeographers (psychogeophysics and cryptoforestry, to provide just two examples).2015, Tina Richardson, “Introduction: A Wander Through the Scene of British Urban Walking”, in Walking Inside Out: Contemporary British…. From the entry cryptoforestry
  • Readers and bloggers alertly picked up on the nuances of language, and what some called the inconsistencies.2011 May 11, Arthur S. Brisbane, “The Other Torture Debate”, in New York Times, retrieved 24 May 2011. From the entry pick up on
  • Seasonality creates nuances of flavor which a Caseophile (cheese lover) consider the cheese’s terroir.2007, Wine Enthusiast, volume 20, page 18, column 1. From the entry caseophile

Meaning of nuance

  1. noun A minor distinction.
  2. noun Subtlety or fine detail.
  3. verb To apply a nuance to; to change or redefine in a subtle way.

Full definition of nuance

Questions about the plural of nuance

What is the plural of nuance?
The plural of nuance is nuances.
Is nuance countable?
Nuance is a countable and uncountable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: nuance (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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