nicho
Ido edit
Etymology edit
Borrowing from English niche, French niche, German Nische, Italian nicchia, Russian ни́ша (níša) and Spanish nicho.
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Noun edit
nicho (plural nichi)
- (architecture) niche, nook: recess in a wall (as for a statue or a bed)
- (ecology) niche
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French niche, from Old French niche, from nichier (“make a nest”), from Latin nīdus (“nest”).
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -iʃu
- Hyphenation: ni‧cho
Noun edit
nicho m (plural nichos)
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Spanish edit
Etymology edit
From old Italian nicchio.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
nicho m (plural nichos)
Further reading edit
- “nicho”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014