NMS
See also: Nms
English
Pronunciation
- (initialism)
Audio (General Australian): (file)
Etymology 1
Abbreviation
Noun
NMS (uncountable)
- Initialism of neuroleptic malignant syndrome.
Phrase
NMS
Proper noun
NMS
- 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.
Further reading
- Neuroleptic malignant syndrome on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Romanian NMS (“Nava Majestăţii Sale”). Literally, “HMS” (His/Her Majesty's Ship).
Noun
NMS (uncountable)
- (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.
Anagrams
Romanian
Noun
NMS m or f
- (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.
Descendants
- → English: NMS