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

nichos

Etymology

Borrowed from French niche, from Old French niche, from nichier (“make a nest”), from Latin nīdus (“nest”).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈni.ʃu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈni.ʃo/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈni.ʃu/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈni.t͡ʃu/

Rhymes: -iʃu
Hyphenation: ni‧cho

Noun

nicho m (plural nichos)

(architecture) niche
(ecology) niche

Derived terms

nicho de mercado

Related terms

Spanish

Etymology

From old Italian nicchio.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈnit͡ʃo/ [ˈni.t͡ʃo]
Rhymes: -itʃo
Syllabification: ni‧cho

Noun

nicho m (plural nichos)

Further reading

“nicho”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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