Nike

See also: Niké

English

A Nike shoe

The goddess Nike

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Νίκη (Níkē), from νίκη (níkē, “victory”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnaɪki(ː)/
• Rhymes: -aɪki

Proper noun

Nike

1. (Greek mythology) The goddess of victory and triumph; Athena's companion.
2. An American brand of sports shoes, equipment and clothing.
3. (astronomy) 307 Nike, a main belt asteroid.

Translations

Greek goddess of victory

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 尼刻 (Níkè)

• Danish: Nike f
• Dutch: Nikè f
• Finnish: Nike f
• French: Niké f
• German: Nike (de) f
• Greek: Νίκη (el) f (Níki)

  Ancient: Νίκη f (Níkē)

• Hebrew: ניקה‎ f
• Hungarian: Niké (hu)
• Italian: Nike
• Latin: Nice f
• Lithuanian: Nikė f
• Polish: Nike (pl) f
• Portuguese: Nice (pt) f
• Russian: Ни́ка (ru) f (Níka), Нике f (Nike)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Ника f

  Roman: Nika (sh) f

• Slovene: Nike f
• Spanish: Niké, Nice
• Swedish: Nike f
• Turkish: Nike f
• Ukrainian: Ніке f (Nike)

See also

• Nikes
• Victoria

Noun

Nike

1. singular of Nikes
   • 1986, Ron Luciano, David Fisher, The Fall of the Roman Umpire, Bantam Books, published 1987, →ISBN, page 211:

     One day Billy Madlock wore two different spikes, a Nike on his left foot for something like fifteen thousand dollars and an Adidas on his right foot for ten thousand.

   • 2003, E&P, page 3:

     In fact, a whole cottage industry seems to have developed around the world’s floating debris, so if you should find a Nike on the beach, check the serial number on the insole then contact the nearest oceanographic institute.

   • 2004, Ronald K. Fried, My Father’s Fighter, The Permanent Press, →ISBN:

     “Your shoes don’t match,” I say. “I know,” Mickey says, and as he answers he keeps jogging forward, but stops throwing punches. “The Nikes give me shin splints and the Asics hurt my knees, so I wear a Nike on my left foot where I have the bad knee and I wear the Asics on my right foot where the shin splints are worse.”

   • 2015, Janey Mack, Time’s Up, Kensington Books, →ISBN, page 114:

     Next came the shoes. One at a time. I peered out from beneath the tree. A skinny woman in a hot pink satin bra leaned out the window, holding a Nike in optimum pitching position. A grubby, shirtless guy in sweatpants and bare feet rushed out of the building. “Jenna!” he screamed. “You bitch! Don’t you dare!” “Bite me!” Jenna threw the Nike.

Anagrams

• Enki, inke, kine, kine-

Chinese

Etymology

From English Nike.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): nai¹ ki²

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: nai¹ ki²
    • Yale: nāi kí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: nai¹ ki²
    • Guangdong Romanization: nei¹ ki²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɐi̯⁵⁵ kʰiː³⁵/

Proper noun

Nike

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) Nike (company)

German

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek Νίκη (Níkē), from νίκη (níkē, “victory”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈniːkə/, /ˈniːke/

• Audio

  (file)

Proper noun

Nike f (proper noun, genitive Nike or (without the article) Nikes)

1. (Greek mythology) Nike

Declension

Declension of Nike [sg-only, feminine]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Nike
genitive	einer	der	Nike, Nikes1
dative	einer	der	Nike
accusative	eine	die	Nike

¹Without the article.

Etymology 2

From the brand, from English Nike, from the Greek word in etymology 1.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnaɪ̯ki/
• IPA^(key): /naɪ̯k/

Proper noun

Nike n (proper noun, strong, genitive Nikes)

1. Nike (company)

Noun

Nike m (strong, genitive Nikes or Nike, plural Nikes)

1. a Nike shoe

Japanese

Romanization

Nike

1. Rōmaji transcription of ニケ

Polish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Νίκη (Níkē), from νίκη (níkē, “victory”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɲi.kɛ/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ikɛ
• Syllabification: Ni‧ke

Proper noun

Nike f (indeclinable)

1. Nike (Greek goddess)

Etymology 2

From the American brand, from English Nike, from Ancient Greek Νίκη (Níkē).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnaj.ki/
• Rhymes: -ajki
• Syllabification: Ni‧ke

Proper noun

Nike f (indeclinable)

1. Nike (company)

Further reading

• Nike in Polish dictionaries at PWN