NS
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ns"
English
Proper noun
NS
- Initialism of Nova Scotia: a province of Canada.
- Initialism of New Style (of dates).
- Antonym: OS
- (Internet, historical) Initialism of Netscape.
- Initialism of Noble Sanctuary.
- (rail transport) Norfolk Southern (Railroad)
- (rail transport) Initialism of Nederlandse Spoorwegen (“Dutch Railways”).
- (Malaysia) Initialism of Negeri Sembilan: a state of Malaysia.
- Synonym: N9
Alternative forms
- N.S. (Nova Scotia, New Style)
Noun
NS
- Initialism of nervous system.
- Initialism of nuclear ship, a nuclear-powered ship.
- Initialism of native speaker.
- Initialism of neutron star.
- Initialism of neutral spirit (“alcohol”).
- (Ireland, usually as part of a name) Initialism of National School.
- (informal) Initialism of NATO state.
- Initialism of no show.
- Initialism of namespace.
- Initialism of Nintendo Switch.
- (politics, Internet slang) Initialism of National Socialism.
- (Singapore) Initialism of national service.
- Initialism of name server.
Descendants
- → French: NS
Adjective
NS
- negative-strand
- National Socialist
Derived terms
(negative-strand):
- NNS (nonsegmented negative-strand)
- NS RNA virus (negative-strand RNA virus)
Interjection
NS
- (video games, first-person shooters) nice shot
- no smoking
- note script/scriptum
Anagrams
Dutch
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Proper noun
NS
- (rail transport) initialism of Nederlandse Spoorwegen (“Dutch railway company”)
French
Etymology
From English NS, initialism of name server.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛ.nɛs/
- Rhymes: -ɛs
- Homophone: aînesse
Noun
NS m (plural NS)
Further reading
- NS on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia fr
- Domain Name System on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia fr
Anagrams
German
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Noun
NS
- abbreviation of Nationalsozialismus; Nazi
- abbreviation of Nervensystem (“nervous system (NS)”)
- abbreviation of Nachsatz
- abbreviation of Nachschrift
- abbreviation of Nukleinsäure
- abbreviation of Nebensatz (contrast Hauptsatz, HS)
- (mathematics) abbreviation of Nullstelle
Derived terms
1.
- NS-Kult, NS-Verbot, NS-Verbrechen, NS-Zeit
2.
- ANS (autonomes Nervensystem)
- PNS (peripheres Nervensystem)
- VNS (vegetatives Nervensystem)
- ZNS (zentrales Nervensystem, Zentralnervensystem)
3.
Proper noun
NS
- abbreviation of Niederschlesien (“Lower Silesia”)
- (now informal) abbreviation of Niedersachsen (“Lower Saxony”) (compare the official abbreviation NI)
- Neues Serbien, Nova Srbija – New Serbia, Nova Srbija (NS)
Malay
Proper noun
NS
- (Malaysia) abbreviation of Negeri Sembilan