nicchia
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnik.kja/
- Rhymes: -ikkja
- Hyphenation: nìc‧chia
Etymology 1
Probably from nicchiare.
Noun
nicchia f (plural nicchie)
- niche
- cavity, hollow (in a hill etc.)
Derived terms
- di nicchia
- ranicchiare
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
nicchia
- inflection of nicchiare:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- nicchia in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Sicilian
Alternative forms
- nnicchia
Etymology
Compare Italian nicchia, French niche, ultimately likely from Latin nīdus (“nest”).
Noun
nicchia f (plural nicchi)
- niche (cavity in a wall, usually for statues, etc.)
- niche (one's profession, speciality)
- èssiri nta la so nicchia ― (please add an English translation of this usage example) (literally, “to be in one's niche”)
- a small part; a bit
- c. 1786, Giovanni Meli, chapter I, in Don Chisciotti e Sanciu Panza, stanza 2:
- E mi fa viva e premurusa istanza, ¶ Chi a l’immortalità voli una ’nnicchia […].
- He makes the eager stirring requests that he want's just a niche of the immortality […].
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References
- Traina, Antonino (1868), “nìcchia”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 2718
- Pasqualino (c. 1790), “nicchia”, in Vocabolario siciliano etimologico, italiano e latino (in Italian), volume 3, page 296