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Definitions and meaning of nice

nice

English

Alternative forms

• nyc (“non-standard”)
• noice (slang)

Pronunciation

• enPR: nīs, IPA^(key): /naɪs/
• (India) IPA^(key): /nɑɪs/, /nɑjs/
• (Falkland Islands English) IPA^(key): /nəɪs/
• Rhymes: -aɪs
• Homophone: gneiss

Etymology 1

From Middle English nyce, nice, nys, from Old French nice, niche, nisce (“simple, foolish, ignorant”), from Latin nescius (“ignorant, not knowing”); compare nesciō (“to know not, be ignorant of”), from ne (“not”) + sciō (“to know”).

Adjective

nice (comparative nicer, superlative nicest)

1. (chiefly informal) Pleasant, satisfactory. [from 18th c.]

   You weren’t nice to me this morning.
2. (chiefly informal) Of a person: friendly, attractive. [from 18th c.]
3. Respectable; virtuous. [from 18th c.]
4. (with and, chiefly informal) Shows that the given adjective is desirable, or acts as a mild intensifier; pleasantly, quite. [from 18th c.]
5. (chiefly informal) Giving a favorable review or having a favorable impression.

6. (chiefly informal) Showing refinement or delicacy, proper, seemly

7. (obsolete) Silly, ignorant; foolish. [14th–17th c.]
8. (now rare) Particular in one's conduct; scrupulous, painstaking; choosy. [from 14th c.]
9. (dated) Having particular tastes; fussy, fastidious. [from 14th c.]
10. (obsolete) Particular as regards rules or qualities; strict. [16th–19th c.]
11. Showing or requiring great precision or sensitive discernment; subtle. [from 16th c.]
12. (obsolete) Easily injured; delicate; dainty.
13. (obsolete) Doubtful, as to the outcome; risky. [16th–19th c.]

Usage notes

Sometimes used sarcastically to mean the opposite or to connote excess:

Synonyms

• (easy to like: person): charming, delightful, friendly, kind, lovely, pleasant, sweet
• (easy to like: thing): charming, delightful, lovely, pleasant
• (having a pleasant taste or aroma): appetising/appetizing, delicious, moreish (informal), scrummy (slang), scrumptious (slang), tasty
• (subtle): fine, subtle

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “easy to like: person”): horrible, horrid, nasty
• (antonym(s) of “easy to like: thing”): horrible, horrid, nasty
• (antonym(s) of “having a pleasant taste or aroma”): awful, disgusting, foul, horrible, horrid, nasty, nauseating, putrid, rancid, rank, sickening, distasteful, gross, unsatisfactory
• (antonym(s) of “respectable; virtuous”): naughty

Derived terms

Related terms

• nicety

Descendants

Translations

Adverb

nice (comparative nicer, superlative nicest)

1. (colloquial) Nicely.

Interjection

nice!

1. Used to signify a job well done.

2. Used to signify approval.

Translations

Noun

nice (uncountable)

1. niceness.

Etymology 2

Name of a Unix program used to invoke a script or program with a specified priority, with the implication that running at a lower priority is "nice" (kind, etc.) because it leaves more resources for others.

Verb

nice (third-person singular simple present nices, present participle nicing, simple past and past participle niced)

1. (transitive, computing, Unix) To run a process with a specified (usually lower) priority.

Derived terms

• renice

Further reading

• “nice”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “nice”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “nice”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• Nice at NiceDefinition.com

Anagrams

• Ince, Niec, cien, cine, cine-, icen

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnɪt͡sɛ]
• Rhymes: -ɪtsɛ
• Hyphenation: ni‧ce

Noun

nice

1. dative/locative singular of nika

Anagrams

• Ince

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English nice.

Adjective

nice (comparative nicer, superlative meest nice or nicest)

1. (slang) nice

Declension

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French nice, inherited from Latin nescius.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nis/
• Rhymes: -is

Adjective

nice (plural nices)

1. (archaic) candid, naive

Derived terms

• nicet

Further reading

• “nice”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

German

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English nice.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /naɪ̯s/

Adjective

nice (strong nominative masculine singular nicer, comparative (rare) nicer, superlative (extremely rare) am nicesten)

1. (colloquial) good, nice

Declension

Further reading

• “nice” in Duden online
• “nice” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “nice”, in Online-Wortschatz-Informationssystem Deutsch (in German), Mannheim: Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache, 2008–

Middle English

Adjective

nice

1. alternative form of nyce

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from English nice.

Adjective

nice

1. (slang) alternative form of najs (“nice”)

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish نیچه (niçe, “how much”), from Old Anatolian Turkish نچه (nẹçe) from Proto-Turkic *nēče, equative form of *nē (“what”). See ne (“what”), cognate to Karakhanid ناجا (nēčē, “how much”), Gagauz nicä, Azerbaijani neçə.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈni.dʒe/
• Hyphenation: ni‧ce

Adjective

nice

1. many

   Synonym: çok

Adverb

nice

1. (dialectal or poetic) how

   Synonym: nasıl

2. (dialectal or poetic) how many

Derived terms

Further reading

• “nice”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Ayverdi, İlhan (2010) “nice”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “nice”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Source: wiktionary.org