nicher

English

Verb

nicher (third-person singular simple present nichers, present participle nichering, simple past and past participle nichered)

  1. (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

nicher

  1. comparative form of niche: more niche

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French nigier, from Vulgar Latin nīdicāre (Classical Latin nīdificāre), from nīdus (“nest”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ni.ʃe/
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Verb

nicher

  1. to nest (bird)
  2. to nestle
  3. (slang) to hang out

Conjugation
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 – tu – nous vous –
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:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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Scots

Verb

nicher (third-person singular simple present nichers, present participle nicherin, simple past nichert, past participle nichert)

  1. To nicker; to make a soft neighing sound.
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