Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nii

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.47 in modern English

Syllables
nii
IPA
3
Scrabble Score
3
Letters
1
Syllables
2
Unique Chars

Meaning

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian НИИ (NII).

Inflected Forms

NIIs (plural)

Questions

What does nii mean?
A Soviet scientific research institute.
Where does nii come from?
Borrowed from Russian НИИ (NII).

How to pronounce nii

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