nicho
Ido
Etymology
Borrowing from English niche, French niche, German Nische, Italian nicchia, Russian ни́ша (níša) and Spanish nicho.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈni.t͡ʃo/
Noun
nicho (plural nichi)
- (architecture) niche, nook: recess in a wall (as for a statue or a bed)
- (ecology) niche
Portuguese
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nichos
Etymology
Borrowed from French niche, from Old French niche, from nichier (“make a nest”), from Latin nīdus (“nest”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈni.ʃu/
- Rhymes: -iʃu
- Hyphenation: ni‧cho
Noun
nicho m (plural nichos)
- (architecture) niche
- (ecology) niche
Derived terms
- nicho de mercado
Related terms
- aninhar
- ninho
Spanish
Etymology
From French niche.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnit͡ʃo/ [ˈni.t͡ʃo]
- Rhymes: -itʃo
- Syllabification: ni‧cho
Noun
nicho m (plural nichos)
- niche
- (ecology) niche
- burial niche
Further reading
- “nicho”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014