niso

See also: Niso, nîso, and nīso

Galician

Etymology

From contraction of preposition en (“in”) + demostrative iso (“that”).

Contraction

niso n

1. in that

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈni.zo/
• Rhymes: -izo
• Hyphenation: nì‧so

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin nīsus, alternative form of nīxus (“strain”, noun), derived from nītor (“to press forward, to advance”).

Noun

niso m (plural nisi)

1. (literary, obsolete) effort

   Synonyms: sforzo, slancio

Further reading

• niso¹ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Etymology 2

Noun

niso m (plural nisi)

1. (poetic) name of an unidentified bird of prey

   Hypernym: rapace

Further reading

• niso² in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• Sion, sino, sino-, soni

Latin

Participle

nīsō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of nīsus

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nìːsɔ/

Verb

níso

1. negative third-person plural present of bíti