nicher
English edit
Verb edit
nicher (third-person singular simple present nichers, present participle nichering, simple past and past participle nichered)
- (Scotland) Alternative form of nicker (“to neigh”)
- 1800, James Hogg, The Mysterious Bride:
- "Aha-ha-ha! Hee-hee-hee!" nichered McMurdie, misconstruing the Laird's meaning.
Adjective edit
nicher
- comparative form of niche: more niche
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Etymology edit
Inherited from Old French nigier, from Vulgar Latin nīdicāre (Classical Latin nīdificāre), from nīdus (“nest”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
nicher
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of nicher (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | nicher | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | nichant /ni.ʃɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | niché /ni.ʃe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | niche /niʃ/ |
niches /niʃ/ |
niche /niʃ/ |
nichons /ni.ʃɔ̃/ |
nichez /ni.ʃe/ |
nichent /niʃ/ |
| imperfect | nichais /ni.ʃɛ/ |
nichais /ni.ʃɛ/ |
nichait /ni.ʃɛ/ |
nichions /ni.ʃjɔ̃/ |
nichiez /ni.ʃje/ |
nichaient /ni.ʃɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | nichai /ni.ʃe/ |
nichas /ni.ʃa/ |
nicha /ni.ʃa/ |
nichâmes /ni.ʃam/ |
nichâtes /ni.ʃat/ |
nichèrent /ni.ʃɛʁ/ | |
| future | nicherai /niʃ.ʁe/ |
nicheras /niʃ.ʁa/ |
nichera /niʃ.ʁa/ |
nicherons /niʃ.ʁɔ̃/ |
nicherez /niʃ.ʁe/ |
nicheront /niʃ.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | nicherais /niʃ.ʁɛ/ |
nicherais /niʃ.ʁɛ/ |
nicherait /niʃ.ʁɛ/ |
nicherions /ni.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
nicheriez /ni.ʃə.ʁje/ |
nicheraient /niʃ.ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | niche /niʃ/ |
niches /niʃ/ |
niche /niʃ/ |
nichions /ni.ʃjɔ̃/ |
nichiez /ni.ʃje/ |
nichent /niʃ/ |
| imperfect2 | nichasse /ni.ʃas/ |
nichasses /ni.ʃas/ |
nichât /ni.ʃa/ |
nichassions /ni.ʃa.sjɔ̃/ |
nichassiez /ni.ʃa.sje/ |
nichassent /ni.ʃas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | niche /niʃ/ |
— | nichons /ni.ʃɔ̃/ |
nichez /ni.ʃe/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
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Further reading edit
- “nicher”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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Scots edit
Verb edit
nicher (third-person singular simple present nichers, present participle nicherin, simple past nichert, past participle nichert)