nexus

English

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Etymology

From Latin nexus (“the act of binding together; bond”), from nectō (“bind”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈnɛksəs/
• Rhymes: -ɛksəs

Noun

nexus (plural nexuses or nexus)

1. a form of connection
2. a connected group
3. the centre of something

Usage notes

The Latin plural form (written nexûs or nexūs) is sometimes used in academic discussions of process philosophy (see Nexus (process philosophy) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Nexus (process philosophy)).

Synonyms

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• bond
• link
• tie

Translations

connection

• Bulgarian: please add this translation if you can
• Catalan: nexe (ca) m
• Czech: souvislost (cs) f, spojení (cs) n, nexus (cs) m
• Danish: sammenhæng (da) c, bindeled (da) n, forbindelse (da) c
• Dutch: band (nl) m, verbinding (nl) f
• Estonian: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: yhteys (fi)
• French: nexus (fr) m
• Georgian: კავშირი (ka) (kavširi) 
• German: Verbindung (de) f, Verknüpfung (de) f
• Irish: nasc (ga) m
• Italian: nesso (it) m, legame (it) m, connessione (it) f
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Kannada: please add this translation if you can

• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Latin: nexus (la) m
• Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: związek m, ogniwo n
• Portuguese: nexo (pt) m
• Russian: связь (ru) (svjaz’) f 
• Serbo-Croatian: veza (sh) f
• Spanish: nexo (es) m, conexión (es) f
• Swedish: please add this translation if you can
• Tamil: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: bağ (tr), bağlantı (tr), rabıta (tr)
• Ukrainian: зв'язок (uk) (zvjazók) m 
• Vietnamese: kết nối (vi)

connected group

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Bulgarian: please add this translation if you can
• Danish: kæde (da) c, gruppe (da) c, række (da) c
• Dutch: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: ryhmä (fi)
• French: please add this translation if you can
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Verbindung (de) f, Netzwerk (de) n
• Italian: cose (idee, concetti, etc) connesse (or connessi according to the gender)
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

• Kannada: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: grupa f, zespół m
• Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: группа (ru) (grúppa) f 
• Spanish: enchufe (es) m (colloquial), cuña (es) f (colloquial), junta (es) f, vínculo (es) m, vinculación (es) f
• Tamil: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: grup (tr), ekip (tr), takım (tr), topluluk (tr)
• Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

centre of something

• Catalan: centre (ca) m
• Danish: schankel (da), nexus (da)
• Finnish: keskus (fi)
• German: Zentrum (de) n

• Italian: centro (it) m
• Serbo-Croatian: centar (sh), središte (sh)
• Spanish: centro (es)
• Turkish: merkez (tr)

Anagrams

• unsex

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Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of nectō (“bind”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈnek.sus/

Participle

nexus m (feminine nexa, neuter nexum); first/second declension

1. bound, tied, fastened, connected, interwoven, having been bound.
2. bound by obligation, obliged, made liable, pledged, having been obliged.

Inflection

Number	Singular				Plural
Case \ Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
nominative	nexus	nexa	nexum		nexī	nexae	nexa
genitive	nexī	nexae	nexī		nexōrum	nexārum	nexōrum
dative	nexō	nexae	nexō		nexīs	nexīs	nexīs
accusative	nexum	nexam	nexum		nexōs	nexās	nexa
ablative	nexō	nexā	nexō		nexīs	nexīs	nexīs
vocative	nexe	nexa	nexum		nexī	nexae	nexa

Noun

nexus (genitive nexūs); m, fourth declension

1. The act of binding, tying or fastening together.
2. Something which binds; bond, joint, binding, fastening; connection; nexus.
3. A personal obligation of a debtor.
4. A legal obligation.

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	nexus	nexūs
genitive	nexūs	nexuum
dative	nexuī	nexibus
accusative	nexum	nexūs
ablative	nexū	nexibus
vocative	nexus	nexūs

Synonyms

• (joint): iunctūra
• (fastening): nexiō
• (connection): nexilitās

Related terms

nectō nexābundē nexibilis nexilis nexilitās

nexiō nexō nexum nexuōsus

Descendants

Catalan: nexe English: nexus French: nexe

Italian: nesso Portuguese: nexo Spanish: nexo