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Definitions and meaning of nice
nice
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 Englishnyce, nice, nys, from Old Frenchnice, niche, nisce(“simple, foolish, ignorant”), from Latinnescius(“ignorant, not knowing”); compare nesciō(“to know not, be ignorant of”), from ne(“not”) + sciō(“to know”).
(dated) Having particular tastes; fussy, fastidious. [from 14th c.]
(obsolete) Particular as regards rules or qualities; strict. [16th–19th c.]
Showing or requiring great precision or sensitive discernment; subtle. [from 16th c.]
(obsolete) Easily injured; delicate; dainty.
(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
→ Dutch: nice
→ German: nice
→ Danish: nice
→ Japanese: ナイス
→ Polish: najs
→ Swedish: najs, nice
→ Norwegian:
Norwegian Bokmål: nice
Translations
Adverb
nice (comparativenicer, superlativenicest)
(colloquial) Nicely.
Interjection
nice!
Used to signify a job well done.
Used to signify approval.
Translations
Noun
nice (uncountable)
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 presentnices, present participlenicing, simple past and past participleniced)
(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.
“nice”, in The Century Dictionary[…], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →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
dative/locative singular of nika
Anagrams
Ince
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Englishnice.
Adjective
nice (used only predicatively, not comparable)
(slang)nice
French
Etymology
Inherited from Old Frenchnice, inherited from Latinnescius.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /nis/
Rhymes: -is
Adjective
nice (pluralnices)
(archaic) candid, naive
Derived terms
nicet
Further reading
“nice”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé[Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
“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
Alternative form of nyce
Swedish
Etymology
Borrowed from Englishnice.
Adjective
nice
(slang)Alternative form of najs(“nice”)
Turkish
Etymology 1
From Ottoman Turkishنیچه(nice, “how much”), from Proto-Turkic*nēče, equative form of *nē(“what”). See ne(“what”), cognate to Karakhanidناجا(nēčē, “how much”).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [niˈd͡ʒe]
Adjective
nice
many
Synonyms
çok
Etymology 2
Ultimately from Proto-Turkic*nē-(“interrogative archetype”).