NS
French, noun/ɛ.nɛs/
NS is spelled N-S (2 letters) and appears 2.6 times per million words in written French, the 17,650th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). NS is a French masculine noun meaning “name server” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Enregistrement DNS indiquant le serveur autoritaire sur le domaine”.
What does NS mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinename server
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Enregistrement DNS indiquant le serveur autoritaire sur le domaine.
adjective: 1. Lon-substituable par un générique, en parlant d’un médicament sur une ordonnance.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce NS?
- /ɛ.nɛs/
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is NS in French?
NS appears 2.6 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).