NMS

See also: Nms

English

Pronunciation

  • (initialism)
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Etymology 1

Abbreviation

Noun

NMS (uncountable)

  1. Initialism of neuroleptic malignant syndrome.

Phrase

NMS

  1. (slang) Initialism of not my style.

Proper noun

NMS

  1. Initialism of National Museum of Scotland.
    • 2026 January 7, Esther Addley, “‘Extraordinary’ iron age war trumpet find in Britain may have Boudicca links”, in The Guardian[1], →ISSN, archived from the original on 7 January 2026:
      Fraser Hunter, iron age and Roman curator at NMS and a leading authority on carnyces, described the new find as “extraordinary” and said it would “add enormously to our understanding of the iron age world.

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Etymology 2

Borrowed from Romanian NMS (Nava Majestăţii Sale). Literally, HMS (His/Her Majesty's Ship).

Noun

NMS (uncountable)

  1. (military, nautical) Abbreviation of His/Her Romanian Majesty's Ship; the ship prefix used for the Royal Romanian Navy ships, of the defunct Kingdom of Romania.
    Synonyms: HRMS, HMS
    Coordinate terms: HMS, HBMS, HBMIS, HMIS, HIRMS

Anagrams

Romanian

Noun

NMS m or f

  1. (military, nautical) HMS (His/Her Majesty's Ship): abbreviation of Nava Majestăţii Sale (Her/His Majesty's Ship); the generic ship prefix used for military ships of a royal kingdom, or generic translation of a country's HMS ship prefix without specification of which kingdom.
    Synonyms: Nava Majestăţii Sale, Nava majestăţii sale, nava majestăţii sale
    Coordinate terms: nava, majestăţii, sale
    1. (military, nautical) NMS, HRMS (His/Her Romanian Majesty's Ship): the ship prefix used for the Royal Romanian Navy ships, of the defunct Kingdom of Romania.

Descendants

  • English: NMS