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)

1. (architecture) niche, nook: recess in a wall (as for a statue or a bed)
2. (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/

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈni.ʃu/

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

• Rhymes: -iʃu
• Hyphenation: ni‧cho

Noun

nicho m (plural nichos)

1. (architecture) niche (a recess within a wall)
2. (ecology) niche (a function within an ecological system to which an organism is especially suited)

Derived terms

• nicho de mercado
• nichado

Related terms

• aninhar
• ninho

Spanish

Etymology

From old Italian nicchio.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

nicho m (plural nichos)

1. niche
2. (ecology) niche
3. burial niche

Further reading

• “nicho”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28