Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

n.s.

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.48 in modern English

Syllables: n.s.
IPA

2

Scrabble Score

2

Letters

1

Syllables

2

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Abbreviation of new series.

noun

Abbreviation of not significant.

name

Initialism of Nova Scotia: a province of Canada.

name

Abbreviation of NATO state.

Slang

name

Abbreviation of New Style (dates according to the Gregorian calendar).

noun

Alternative form of NS.

Usage

Slang

Questions

What does n.s. mean?: Abbreviation of new series.

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